Handshake at White House -- This is a closeup of the handshake between President Nixon and Perry Joseph Ludy, the "Boy of the Year," during a meeting today at the White House. Perry, a 17-year-old Negro from Oxnard, Calif., received a plaque saluting him as "typifying juvenile decency in action.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Handshake at White House -- This is a closeup of the handshake between President Nixon and Perry Joseph Ludy, the "Boy of the Year," during a meeting today at the White House. Perry, a 17-year-old Negro from Oxnard, Calif., received a plaque saluting him as "typifying juvenile decency in action.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1969]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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