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Instrumental in passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Press release from Senators Jacob K. Javits and Robert F. Kennedy
Press release from Senators Jacob K. Javits and Robert F. Kennedy on a voting rights bill for citizens educated in a language other than English at an American school. April 8, 1965. Typescript. 1 p.Original medium: DocumentDate: 1965-04-08 -
Photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Johnson shaking hands after passage of Civil Rights Bill
Photograph. United Press International. Civil Rights Bill-Signing Ceremony, Javits, Jacob K., Johnson, Lyndon B., King, Martin Luther, Jr., Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is shaking hands with a seated President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Senator Javits is standing and smiling behind and between them.Original medium: PhotographDate: 1964-07-02 -
Photograph of the Cloture Vote Team
Photograph. Photographer Unknown. Cloture Vote Team Dirksen, Everett M., Dodd, Thomas J., Hart, Philip A., Humphrey, Hubert H., Keating, Kenneth B., Scott, Hugh, Javits, Jacob K., June 10, 1964.Original medium: PhotographDate: 1964-06-10 -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Appeal to President Kennedy and associated letters
Letter from Senator Javits to Thomas I Emersen at the Yale Law School; letter from Clarence B. Jones about Dr. King's Appeal; Appeal to the Honorable John F. Kennedy by Revernd Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. May 17, 1962. 3 seperate pp.Original medium: CorrespondenceDate: 1962-1963 -
Photograph of Senator Jacob K. Javits at the "March on Washington" on August 28, 1963. Photographer: Bruce Jay Colan. B&W.
Photograph. Photographer: Bruce Jay Colan. Javits is pictured in the foreground. Pictured in the background are large crowds of people and the Washington Monument. Javits, Jacob K., 1963 August 28. March on Washington, D.C.Original medium: PhotographDate: 1963-08-28