[Rarebooks] FS: First BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE with Letters from Eisenhower, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Rockefeller, and Lindsay

[Charles Agvent]

MORROW, E. Frederic. [EISENHOWER, Dwight; NIXON, Richard; JOHNSON, 
Lyndon; KENNEDY, Robert; ROCKEFELLER, Nelson]. BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE with Letters to the Author from Eisenhower, Nixon, Johnson, 
Kennedy, Rockefeller, and Lindsay. New York: Coward-McCann, (1963). 
First Edition. Superb archive of material related to the first African 
American to serve as a policy-making aide in the White House. Morrow 
served as Officer for Special Projects in the Eisenhower administration 
from 1955-1961. Includes a Review Copy of Morrow's book BLACK MAN IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE which details his actions and thoughts while serving during 
the turbulent birth of the Civil Rights Movement as well as a copy of 
the official WHITE HOUSE STAFF BOOK 1953-61 (copy #68 of a small 
unstated limited edition), and a group of letters: one TYPED LETTER 
SIGNED (TLS) from Mamie Eisenhower; five TLSs from Dwight Eisenhower on 
White House stationery, three SIGNED with initials, and two 
post-Presidential TLSs; two TLSs from Robert Kennedy, one framed and the 
other an autopen signature; two TLSs from Richard Nixon, one dated 
August 1968 and stating "This year we are going to win" and the other on 
White House stationery SIGNED with initials; and two fine framed TLSs 
from Lyndon Johnson on White House stationery, each with references to 
the Civil Rights movement: 24 March 1965 (three days after the 
Montgomery march)--"Your own service here in this House meant much to 
the cause for which we work now ... and I assure you our efforts will 
continue without ceasing, until justice prevails"--and 11 June 1965--"At 
the core of the American creed is the sense of fairness and a passion 
for justice." There are also letters from Rose Mary Woods, Nelson 
Rockefeller, and John Lindsay. Wonderful archive. Book in Good 
condition; letters Near Fine. (#014695)        $7,500.00

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