Papers of John F. Kennedy ... White House Central Name File, Kameny, Franklin E., 15 May 1961-6 March 1963

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Papers of John F. Kennedy ... White House Central Name File, Kameny, Franklin E., 15 May 1961-6 March 1963

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This folder contains a statement and letters to President John F. Kennedy and Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President, from Franklin E. Kameny of the Mattachine Society of Washington regarding civil rights for homosexuals, particularly with employment in the federal government.

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Kameny, Frank, 1925-2011

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Frank Kameny (b. May 21, 1925, New York, N.Y.-d. October 11, 2011, Washington, D.C.) was an American gay rights activist. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II with combat duty in Germany and recieved a Ph.D in astronomy from Harvard University in 1956. In 1957 he was dismissed from the U.S. Army Map Service on charges of homosexual activity and appealed the dismissal through government review boards and the federal courts, all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court which declined his ap...