Dr Martin Luther King Jr. at the White House

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Martin Luther King, Jr. leaves the West Wing after meeting with President Johnson. August 5, 1968. (by Abbie Rowe, NPS: National Archive and Records Administration)


The White House Historical Association searched their archives and created a slideshow of historic images that show the impact the civil rights leader has had on several administrations. Dr King's interactions with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson leading up to the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and the 1968 Civil Rights Act are well documented, but his first visit to the White House was actually in 1958, when he and other prominent civil rights leaders met with President Dwight Eisenhower.



President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Civil Rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr., Whitney Young, and James Farmer in the Oval Office. January 18, 1964. . (by Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library)


Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders meet with President John Kennedy prior to the renowned “March on Washington”. August 28, 1963. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.



Martin Luther King, Jr. looks on as President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the East Room. July 2, 1964. Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library.



See the slideshow on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehousehistory/6680245345/

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1. Compelling pictures of our history..

Thank you for these pics on MLK DAY 2017, bigtree