Robert Kastenmeier papers: Legislative Correspondence: Civil rights, 1964
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Kastenmeier, Robert
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This folder is composed primarily of correspondence between Robert Kastenmeier and his constituents. The letters discuss the shaping of Civil Rights Act of 1964, the provision of federal protection to civil rights workers, support for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and a string of firebombings in McComb, Mississippi.
Correspondence Memoranda Clippings Pamphlet Petitions Flyers
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- Alder, Thomas P. Alder
- Arson
- Beck, Anatole
- Chaney, James
- Civil Rights
- Communism
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
- Forman, James
- Freedom Schools
- Goodman, Andrew
- Hannah, John A
- Johnson, Lyndon
- Johnson, Paul B., Jr
- Kastenmeier, Robert
- Katzenbach, Nicholas
- Kennedy, John F
- Kennedy, Robert F
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Mississippi Summer Project
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Nuclear Proliferation
- Reynolds, John W., Jr
- Risser, Fred A
- Ryan, William Fitts
- Schwerner, Michael
- Soll, Ivan
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- United States
- United States Commission On Civil Rights
- United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1964
- United States. Congress
- United States. Congress. House. Committee On The Judiciary
- United States. Department Of Justice
- United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Voter Registration
- Wisconsin State Chamber Of Commerce