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Telegram to John F. (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630412-021
Author
Allen, Steve
Baldwin, James
Beamon, Vivian
Belafonte, Harry
Belafonte, Julie
Brando, Marlon
Brown, Theodore E.
Bunche, Ruth H.
Carroll, Diahann
Curran, Joseph
Davis, Ossie
Davis, Sidney
Dee, Ruby
Delany, Hubert T.
Eldridge, Florence
Farmer, James
Ford, George B.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson
Garrison, Lloyd K. (Lloyd Kirkham)
Heflin, Van
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene)
Horne, Lena
Jackson, Anne
Kelley, Florence M.
Kheel, Theodore Woodrow
Killens, John Oliver
Klein, Edward E.
Lange, Hope
Lee, J. Oscar
Levine, Samuel Z.
Livingston, David
London, George
March, Fredric
Newman, Paul
Pickett, Clarence
Poitier, Sidney
Polier, Shad
Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel)
Quill, Mike
Quinn, Anthony
Quinn, Katherine
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip)
Ray, Sandy F.
Robinson, Cleveland L. (Cleveland Lowellyn)
Ryan, Robert
Susskind, David
Wachtel, Harry H.
Wallach, Eli
Williams, Joshua O.
Winters, Shelley
Woodard, Joanne
Woodruff, Katherine
Young, Whitney M.
Youngstein, Max
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
4/12/1963
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Allen, Steve
Baldwin, James
Beamon, Vivian
Belafonte, Harry
Belafonte, Julie
Brando, Marlon
Brown, Theodore E.
Bunche, Ruth H.
Carroll, Diahann
Curran, Joseph
Davis, Ossie
Davis, Sidney
Dee, Ruby
Delany, Hubert T.
Eldridge, Florence
Farmer, James
Ford, George B.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson
Garrison, Lloyd K. (Lloyd Kirkham)
Heflin, Van
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene)
Horne, Lena
Jackson, Anne
Kelley, Florence M.
Kheel, Theodore Woodrow
Killens, John Oliver
Klein, Edward E.
Lange, Hope
Lee, J. Oscar
Levine, Samuel Z.
Livingston, David
London, George
March, Fredric
Newman, Paul
Pickett, Clarence
Poitier, Sidney
Polier, Shad
Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel)
Quill, Mike
Quinn, Anthony
Quinn, Katherine
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip)
Ray, Sandy F.
Robinson, Cleveland L. (Cleveland Lowellyn)
Ryan, Robert
Susskind, David
Wachtel, Harry H.
Wallach, Eli
Williams, Joshua O.
Winters, Shelley
Woodard, Joanne
Woodruff, Katherine
Young, Whitney M.
Youngstein, Max
Document ID
630412-021
Document Date
4/12/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
v. cut
Cal. 8
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
5 pp.
Names
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) [United States. White House]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
White, Lee C.
Organizations
United States. White House
Places
Washington, D.C.
Birmingham, Ala.
Topics
Birmingham, 1963
Federal intervention
Police - Complaints against
Code for Location of Original
JFKWHCSF-MBJFK
Location of Original
John F. Kennedy Presidential Papers, White House Central Subject Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 367, folder 4
Copy Location (1)
JFKWHCNF-MBJFK, John F. Kennedy Presidential Papers, White House Central Name Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
Filing Info
Box 1478
Box 1, folder 3
Copy Location (2)
BMCRFA-AB, Burke Marshall, Files on Civil Rights in Alabama, Birmingham Public and Jefferson County Free Library, Birmingham, Ala.
Copy Location (3)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
2/19/2008 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
9/11/2014
dbeals
4/21/2022 mcweaver
6/21/2023 dalai
Date Updated
4/25/2025 11:12:42 AM
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