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Handout photo of then U.S. President Kennedy with representatives from NAACP in Oval Office at the White House, Washington
Then U.S. President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the Oval Office at the White House, Washington in this July 12, 1961 handout photo provided by John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. President Kennedy (seated in rocking chair); Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors (standing right, back to camera). Standing, rear (L - R): Medgar Evers, Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary; Calvin Luper, Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council President; Edward Turner, President of Detroit NAACP branch; Jack E. Tanner, Northwest Area Conference NAACP President; unidentified man; Rev. W.J. Hodge; Dr. S.Y. Nixson; C.R. Darden, President of Mississippi NAACP State Conference branches; Kelly M. Alexander, member of NAACP Board of Directors; two unidentified men (partially hidden, at back); Kivie Kaplan, Chairman of NAACP Life Membership Committee; others unidentified. The rocking chair used by President John F. Kennedy in the White House, along with the U.S. and Presidential Seal flags that hung behind his Oval Office desk, will make a special appearance in New York, now through Oct. 30, in Heritage Auctions' "Window on Park Avenue." The rocking chair used by President John F. Kennedy in the White House will be auctioned in Dallas, Texas on November 23, 2013. REUTERS/Robert L. Knudsen/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Remembering President John F. Kennedy.
