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THE FIRE WITHIN: THE BALDWIN MEETING AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TO CIVIL RIGHTS
| Title: | THE FIRE WITHIN: THE BALDWIN MEETING AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TO CIVIL RIGHTS. |
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| Name(s): |
Saucedo, Todd, Author Crepeau, Richard, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2007 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | This thesis examines the Kennedy Administration's decision to propose comprehensive civil rights legislation in June, 1963. The work focuses on the relationship between the Kennedy brothers, particularly on Robert F. Kennedy's position as his brother's main adviser and his influence on the president's final decision to go forward with legislation. It begins by exploring the Kennedy's childhood, then traces the brothers' approach toward civil rights during the campaigns of 1952 and 1960, and concludes with an assessment of the Kennedy administration's civil rights policy during his presidency. The thesis puts special emphasis on a May, 1963 meeting between Robert Kennedy and an eclectic bi-racial group of intellectuals led by the novelist James Baldwin arguing that the meeting profoundly altered Kennedy's understanding of civil rights, ultimately transforming the Kennedy legacy regarding civil rights. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0001748 (IID), ucf:47268 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2007-08-01 M.A. Arts and Humanities, Department of History Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
Kennedy Administration Civil Rights Robert F. Kennedy |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001748 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
