John F. Kennedy

A detail from the cover of the 1962 comedy album “The First Family”
Arts
Making fun of the Kennedys
The First Family album cover, 1962
Music
The Kennedy family proved to be great material for this vintage comedy album
President John F. Kennedy speaking to a group of Latinos at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Nov. 21st, 1963, the evening before he was killed.
Global Politics
On JFK’s last night, Texas Latinos celebrated him as one of their own
Chicago police move in to knock down a burning cross in front of a home, after an African-American family moved into a previously all white neighborhood, August 3, 1963. The civil rights movement in America was one of the historic trends transforming the
Global Politics
Here’s what else was going on in the world when Kennedy was assassinated
The Kennedy Memorial, called "Yad Kennedy" in Hebrew, in the Jerusalem Forest.
Arts, Culture & Media
An Israeli memorial recalls Kennedy as the president who committed the US to Israel’s defense
Global Scan
What might have happened if Kennedy had lived?
Development & Education
JFK wanted the Peace Corps to create a generation of world-savvy Americans
Lifelong Forest  Row resident Harold Waters got very close to President Kennedy to take this photo in June 1963.
Global Politics
A tiny British town has its own story of JFK
A declassified memo documenting plans for Castro to meet secretly with a US envoy. It's dated the very day of JFK's assassination.
Global Politics
How Kennedy’s assassination ended hopes for a reconciliation with Castro
COSAT student
Development & Education
School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?
Global Politics
U.S.-Russia hotline celebrates 50th anniversary
Global Politics
Previously unreleased audio sheds new light on Kennedy assassination
Global Politics
On anniversary of JFK assassination, memories of his first and only trip to Ireland
The Real End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Arts, Culture & Media
Son of Nikita Khrushchev Says Father Didn’t Want to Compete in Race to Moon
New Book Claims Castro Knew of JFK Assassination in Advance
Night Flight, DKR-JFK
The Role of Religion in Politics
Previously Unreleased Recordings From Day of JFK Assassination
Arts, Culture & Media
Passengers Wait Patiently as Airlines Prepare
Conflict & Justice
Freedom Riders Ride Again
Top of the Hour: Bay of Pigs, Morning Headlines
Global Politics
Remembering US Foreign Policy and the Bay of Pigs
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Then Everything Changed’: Big Moments in American History
Climate Change Treaties Warming Up
MASSACHUSETTS Guard
Sun Sets on Udall
New Source Commentary
Global Politics
JFK Library goes digital
Global Politics
John F. Kennedy inaugural address remembered
Arts, Culture & Media
Peace Corps celebrates 50 years
Global Politics
Peace Corp promise of global volunteers
Global Politics
In the week before Thanksgiving 1963, JFK died and LBJ began a social legacy
Conflict & Justice
Race and the election, 48 years after MLK changed the presidential election
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering Robert F. Kennedy and a message of hope, 40 years after assassination
Arts, Culture & Media
Political plagiarism
Arts, Culture & Media
Peace Corps memories