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Oral history transcript, Gerri Whittington, interview 2 (II), 7/18/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
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- much. I remember he said he was well-liked. G: Anything on the President's relationship with Robert Kennedy during this period? Robert Kennedy resigned as attorney general to run for the Senate from New York. W: No. I recall that Robert Kennedy came
Oral history transcript, Gerri Whittington, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
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- as a secretary to Ralph Dungan. He was a special assistant to President Kennedy. His main job was to--he was a talent scout for President Kennedy with the ambassadors and cabinet officers. Latin America was on his wing [?] and we were pretty busy. And President
- How Whittington came to work for LBJ following President Kennedy's assassination; Whittington's duties; LBJ's secretaries' rotating schedules; traveling with LBJ to the Ranch and Austin; Whittington as the first African American to integrate