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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

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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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  • 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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  • John Kerry: Foreign and Domestic Affairs

    Sun, Feb 9, 2003
    Senator John Kerry, democratic presidential nominee in 2004, discusses his positions on issues, including foreign affairs, environmental protection, domestic security, civil rights and liberties, and the economy.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Bush, Foreign Policy and Religion: European Perspective

    Mon, Jun 2, 2003
    Sylvia Poggioli, NPR's senior European correspondent, engages in a conversation with WBUR's Dick Gordon on how Europeans perceive President Bush, US foreign policy, and the crisis in the American Catholic Church.
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  • Naked in Baghdad: Covering the War in Iraq

    Mon, Sep 29, 2003
    Anne Garrels discusses her experiences in Baghdad which she has chronicled in a new book, Naked in Baghdad. Garrels is a roving foreign correspondent for NPR's foreign desk. She earned international recognition in 2003 by being one of 16 US journalists to remain in Baghdad during the initial invasion of Iraq. Her vivid, around the clock reports from the city under siege gave listeners remarkable insight into the impact of the war on Baghdad and those left in the city. As US and British forces advanced on the city, Garrels remained at her post, describing the scene on the streets and reactions from those she encountered. For her work in Iraq, Garrels was awarded a 2003 Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation.
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  • Presidency of John F. Kennedy

    Sun, Oct 19, 2003
    Arthur Schlesinger, Alan Brinkley and Lizabeth Cohen look back, 20 years later, at John F. Kennedy's presidency.
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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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  • 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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  • Race and Presidential Politics

    Mon, Apr 28, 2003
    Former democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis and Jeremy Meyer, author of Running on Race, Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns, 1960-2000, discuss the role of race in past and future presidential elections. Paul Watanabe, co-director of the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, moderates.
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  • American Values: Patriotism Today

    Wed, Oct 29, 2003
    Join Caroline Kennedy as she introduces a panel discussion moderated by Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University, that explores the ideals upon which our country was founded and how they can best be fulfilled at home and abroad in today's world.
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