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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world. Our purpose is to advance the study and understanding of President Kennedy's life and career and the times in which he lived; and to promote a greater appreciation of America's political and cultural heritage, the process of governing and the importance of public service. We accomplish our mission by: preserving and making accessible the records of President Kennedy and his times; promoting open discourse on critical issues of our own time; and educating and encouraging citizens to contribute, through public and community service, to shaping our nation's future.break

http://www.jfklibrary.org

  • Robert C. Byrd: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency

    Tue, Oct 12, 2004
    West Virginia Senator Robert C. Byrd discusses his new book *Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency* with Dick Gordon, host of WBUR's The Connection.
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  • The Art of Political Cartoons

    Sun, Oct 24, 2004
    Cartoonists Mike Peters of *The Dayton Daily News*, Mike Luckovitch of *The Atlanta Journal Constitution*, and Dan Wasserman of *The Boston Globe*, present a show-and-tell about their craft. Scott Simon, host of NPR's *Weekend Edition Saturday*, moderates.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Welfare Reform: Did it Work?

    Mon, Sep 20, 2004
    Jason DeParle, *New York Times* senior writer and author of *American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare*; David Ellwood, Dean of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; and Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, examine our nation's policies regarding poor people. William Julius Wilson of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government moderates.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • New Frontier Awards and Conversation with Walter Cronkite

    Wed, Oct 26, 2005
    Walter Cronkite discusses his long career in broadcast journalism with Caroline Kennedy, who presents the second annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards. The discussion is moderated by *CBS News Sunday Morning* anchor Charles Osgood.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Presidency of LBJ

    Sun, Nov 20, 2005
    Robert Caro, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of President Johnson delivers the keynote address in the Kennedy Library's ongoing examination of 20th century presidents. He is joined by Jack Valenti, who served as Special Advisor to President Johnson; Pulitzer Prize-winning *New York Times* writer Anthony Lewis; and Boston University historian Bruce Schulman to discuss President Lyndon Baines Johnson's legacy. Harvard University historian Lizabeth Cohen moderates the discussion.
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  • Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

    Sun, Dec 18, 2005
    Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin explains how the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rose from obscurity to become one of the most significant presidents in this nation's history. Scott Simon, host of NPR's *Weekend Edition Saturday*, moderates.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Tribute to Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm

    Mon, Jan 16, 2006
    On Martin Luther King Day, California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, National Public Radio's senior news analyst Cokie Roberts, and former Texas Governor Ann Richards discuss the remarkable political careers of two African American women, Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm. Veteran television and documentary producer and WGBH commentator Callie Crossley moderates. Barbara Jordan, who died 10 years ago, was elected to the Texas Senate in 1966 and was the first African American woman from a southern state to serve in the US House of Representatives. Shirley Chisholm, who passed away a year ago, was the first African American woman elected to the US Congress and the first African American to run as a Democratic presidential candidate in 1972.
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  • Space Exploration: JFK to Dr. Mae

    Tue, Dec 2, 2003
    Dr. Mae Jemison describes the United States' efforts at space exploration from the Kennedy years through the present. Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992 as the first woman of color to go into space. Dr. Mae Jemison has also founded and been president of two technology companies, and is the only real-life astronaut to appear in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars

    Tue, Dec 9, 2003
    John Shattuck, former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, and current CEO of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, discusses his new book, Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America's Response, with Pulitzer-prize winning author Samantha Power. As the chief human rights official of the Clinton administration, John Shattuck faced many challenges including genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, murder and atrocities in Haiti, repression in China, brutal ethnic wars, and failed states in other parts of the world. Shattuck describes what was learned as he and other human rights hawks worked to change the Clinton administration's human rights policy from one of disengagement to one focused on saving lives and bringing war criminals to justice. Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America's Response records Shattuck's frustrations and disappointments, as well as the successes achieved in moving human rights to the center of US foreign policy.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • John Edwards: US Foreign Policy Issues

    Wed, May 14, 2003
    Senator John Edwards, presidential candidate in 2004, discusses his positions on a range of domestic and foreign policy issues facing the nation.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
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