In this photograph taken on February 22, 1977, President Jimmy Carter and his daughter, Amy Carter, participate in a speed reading course in the Cabinet Room. During his time in office, President Carter took a night course -- along with Amy -- to learn how to speed read. Carter learned speed reading in order to keep on top of all the paperwork, memoranda, and correspondences that were required as a part of his responsibilities as President of the United States. The Cabinet Room is located in the West Wing of the White House.

In this photograph by Bill Fitz-Patrick, President Ronald Reagan is greeted by a group dressed in honor of St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 1986. The celebration took place in the Cabinet Room in the West Wing. The group interrupted President Reagan's Issues Briefing Luncheon.

In this photograph, taken by Cecil Stoughton on June 24, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with leaders from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing. In attendance was Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP, and over 30 members of the organization's senior leadership including members of the NAACP Board of Directors and vice presidents. The leaders had gathered in Washington, D.C. for the 55th annual convention of the NAACP, where they sought protection from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the federal government for African Americans in Mississippi following the disappearance of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who were later confirmed to be murdered.

In this photograph, taken by Oliver F. Atkins on July 8, 1970, President Richard M. Nixon meets with leaders of the Taos Pueblo American Indian Tribal Council in the Cabinet Room in the West Wing. Among those in attendance were Taos Pueblo Governor Quirino Romero, Cacique religious leader Juan de Jesus Romero, secretary and interpreter Paul Bernal, senior councilman James Mirabal, president of the National Congress of American Indians and member of the National Council on Indian Opportunity Earl Old Person, and John Rainer, vice president of the National Congress of American Indians and member of the National Council on Indian Opportunity. Later that year, on December 15, 1970, Nixon signed bill H.R. 471 in the State Dining Room, which returned Blue Lake and surrounding mountains to the Taos Pueblo people. The land had been seized by the United States government in 1906.

This photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson in the recently redecorated Cabinet Room was taken by Cecil Stoughton in 1964. President Johnson attended a ceremony in the room, which was redecorated by French interior decorator Stéphane Boudin during the John F. Kennedy administration. In this photograph, Boudin’s draperies, carpeting, and mirrored glass transom are visible.

In this photograph taken by Robert L. Knudsen, President John F. Kennedy views a newly acquired painting, Dressing Down the Gully by Jack Lorimer Gray, in the Cabinet Room on July 6, 1962. Gray was a Canadian artist known for his maritime paintings. The Cabinet Room is located in the West Wing.

In this photograph, taken by Robert L. Knudsen on September 16, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signs a joint resolution in support of the city of Detroit's bid to host the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. During the signing ceremony in the Cabinet Room, President Kennedy delivered filmed remarks for members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Letters from President Kennedy were also sent to members of the IOC along with Detroit's promotional brochure materials. Despite the president's endorsement, the IOC selected Mexico City to host the 1968 Summer Olympic Games on October 18, 1963. Pictured here behind President Kennedy are officials from Michigan, from left to right: Representative James G. O'Hara, Representative Lucien N. Nedzi, Senator Pat McNamara (partially hidden), Mayor Jerry Cavanagh of Detroit, Senator Philip A. Hart, Representative Martha W. Griffiths, Representative Neil Staebler, and Representative Harold M. Ryan.

In this photograph, taken by Bill Fitz-Patrick, President Gerald R. Ford greets former Olympic champion Rafer Johnson in the Cabinet Room. Johnson was visiting the White House for the first meeting of the President’s Commission on Olympic Sports (PCOS) on September 9, 1975. President Ford created the commission in response to continuing conflicts among U.S. amateur sports organizations and declining performance by the U.S. in the Olympic games and other international competitions. Johnson won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. He previously won the silver in the event at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Johnson had an illustrious and varying career that included acting and involvement with the Special Olympics.

In this photograph, taken by Bill Fitz-Patrick on September 9, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford attends the first meeting of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports (PCOS) in the Cabinet Room. President Ford created the commission in response to continuing conflicts among U.S. amateur sports organizations and declining performance by the U.S. in the Olympic games and other international competitions. Among those in attendance were President Ford; Forrest David Mathews, United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Gerald B. Zornow, PCOS chairman and Chairman of the Board of the Eastman Kodak Company; Donna De Varona, former Olympic swimmer who earned two gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics; Michael W. Elliott, former three-time Olympic cross-country skier; Barbara Ellen Forker, Director of Physical Education at Iowa State University; Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League, Major League Soccer, and co-founder of World Championship Tennis; Rafer Johnson, actor and 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medalist; Micki King, former Olympic gold medal diver and United States Air Force Captain and physical education instructor; Howard K. Smith, ABC television commentator; Ernest M. Vandeweghe, member of the United States Olympic Committee on Basketball; Willye B. White, five-time former Olympic track-and-field athlete; Bud Wilkinson, former football coach, University of Oklahoma and Special Consultant on physical fitness for presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon; James A. McCain, Commissioner of Labor, Kansas State University; Bill Toomey, 1968 Olympic decathlon gold medalist; senators John C. Culver, Ted Stevens, Richard Stone; representatives Jack Kemp, Ralph H. Metcalfe (and former member of the 1932 and 1936 U.S. Olympic team); and Robert H. Michel.

In this photograph, taken by Jack E. Kightlinger on July 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson sits in the Cabinet Room listening to a recording sent by his son-in-law Capt. Charles S. Robb, who was deployed on active duty to Vietnam. The president is pictured hunched forward and facing downward, his forehead resting against his hand. On the far side of the room stands a bust depicting Johnson's predecessor, President John F. Kennedy.

This photograph of Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Katzenbach visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Katzenbach is seen speaking to the press in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Katzenbach visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Katzenbach is seen speaking to the press in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Katzenbach visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Katzenbach is seen speaking to the press in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Katzenbach visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Katzenbach is seen speaking to the press in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Hoover visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Hoover was photographed in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing, where the group addressed members of the press. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.

This photograph of Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. Katzenbach visited the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia, with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Katzenbach is seen speaking to the press in the Cabinet Room of the West Wing. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, also attended the meeting.