SBU Libraries – Home
Digital Projects – Home

Jacob K. Javits: Life & Legacy

Home
Browse Exhibit by Decade
- 1900-1910
- 1911-1920
- 1921-1930
- 1931-1940
- 1941-1950
- 1951-1960
- 1961-1970
- 1971-1980
- 1981-1990
- 1904-1986
Browse by Medium
Browse All Items
About The Collection
More Info

Browse Exhibit by Decade > 1961-1970

1961-1970

Campaigned for Re-election
Legislation Sponsorship of Medical Education Bill
Participated at the March on Washington, DC in 1963
Published "Order of Battle" (New York: Atheneum, 1964)
Sponsored Legislation of Civil Rights Act of 1964
Led Founding of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
Appointed the United States Senate's First African American page (1965)
Met with Robert Kennedy
Vietnam War
Discussed Civil Rights Bill, NATO, and Vietnam
Legislation Sponsorship: 1961-1970
Discussed Voting, Vietnam, and Martin Luther King
Re-elected to United States Senate
Served on Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sponsored Construction Safety Bill
Travelled to Israel
Legislation Sponsorship of the Arts
Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly

Prev Next

Jacob K. Javits: Life & Legacy Digital Collection at Stony Brook University Libraries © 2020 – Made possible by a generous gift from The Jacob K. and Marian B. Javits Foundation
Powered by Omeka S 3.0