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Nicholas Katzenbach

Nicholas Katzenbach

assistant attorney general under Kennedy

Nicholas Katzenbach was born in in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 17th January, 1922. After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy he joined the United States Army Air Force (USAAF). During the Second World War he was captured by enemy troops and spent two years as a prisoner of war in Italy. [more]

Civil Rights Milestone: June 11, 1963

January 21, 2008

James Hood recounts his experiences at the center of an historic turning point in the civil rights movement in 1963. On June 11, 1963, two African American students, James Hood and Vivian Malone, were barred entry to the University of Alabama by Governor George Wallace.

Integrating the University of Alabama

November 17, 2003

This discussion centers around the screening of a film by Robert Drew, founder of cinema verite. The time was June 1963, when two black students tried to gain admission to the University of Alabama.

Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ

Author: Nicholas deB Katzenbach

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2008)

Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

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