Feb 14, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Chris Barber RN and Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall swearing in Walter E. Washington, accompanied by his wife, as Mayor of the District of Columbia. This week marks the 45th anniversary of President Nixon’s swearing-in of Walter E. Washington as Mayor of...
Feb 12, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Chris Barber A portrait of President Nixon in the Oval Office. A bust of President Lincoln sets the background. To commemorate the 205th birthday of our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, The New Nixon takes a look at the great figure and savior of the Union through...
Feb 7, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
RN with Roy Wilkins speaking to the press in the Fish Room of the White House. On February 7, 1969, RN met with the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Roy Wilkins. Wilkins, known as the senior statesman of the...
Feb 7, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
As Chairman of the Ash Council, Roy L. Ash helped President Nixon see through his goal of executive reorganization. On February 6, 1971, President Nixon released a statement to the press regarding the public dissemination of Ash Council presidential memoranda on the...
Feb 7, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
RN and PN with King and Queen consort of Jordan, Hussein bin Talal and Alia al-Hussein, as they take their formal photo in front of the White House Grand Staircase before attending the State Dinner. The diplomatic relationship between the United States and the Kingdom...