It has been argued that hardliners in the CIA were more impressed with Kennedy than they were with Nixon during the 1960 Presidential campaign.Richard Bissellcommented in his book,Reflections of a Cold War Warrior(1996): “The inauguration of John F. Kennedy provided the prospect of a new be...
President John F. Kennedy to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on September 12, 1960. Kennedy, who was guided by his Catholicism, addressed issues regarding religion as a personal and private matter instead of a campaign issue. In the 2008 presidential elections, it is noted that there...
Asiatio-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal 35th President Of the United States John F. Kennedy Articles John F. Kennedy summary:John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He was born in 1917 into a wealthy family with considerable political ties. Kennedy studi...
Part 1 of the story covers Rat Pack historyand the group’s involvement with the 1960 Kennedy campaign, up to and including John F. Kennedy’s election in November 1960. Part 2 of the story picks up here as plans for the 1961 Kennedy inauguration festivities are being made. This part of...
Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations - President John F. Kennedy Mr. President - as one who has taken some interest in the election of Presidents, I want to congratulate you on your election to this high office - Mr. Secretary General, delegates to the United Nations, lad...
Not until the presidential election of 1960 when John Kennedy intervened for the release of Martin Luther King, who was jailed by local Democrats two weeks before the election in Atlanta following a non-violent protest, did the majority of Blacks begin voting Democratic en bloc. His brother, Ro...
While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that I believe that we have far more critical issues in the 1960 campaign; the spread of Communist influence, until it now festers only 90 miles from the coast...
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On April 4, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy began his political campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in Indiana. Before boarding his plane, Kennedy found out that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot in Memphis, Tennessee. At his arrival in Indianapolis, Kennedy was informed that Martin...
Biographies up to and including his presidential campaign are James MacGregor Burns, John Kennedy: A Political Profile (1960); Theodore H. White, The Making of the President (1961, reissued 1988); Herbert S. Parmet, Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy (1980); and Nigel Hamilton, JFK:...