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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.

On JFK’s last night, Texas Latinos celebrated him as one of their own

Global Politics

The night before President John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas, a few hundred Mexican Americans met with him in Houston.

The Kennedy Memorial, called "Yad Kennedy" in Hebrew, in the Jerusalem Forest.

An Israeli memorial recalls Kennedy as the president who committed the US to Israel’s defense

Arts, Culture & Media
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School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?

Development & Education

U.S.-Russia hotline celebrates 50th anniversary

Global Politics
President Kennedy meets with Chairman Khrushchev at the US Embassy residence, Vienna.

The White House to Kremlin Hotline: Avoiding War for 50 Years

Arts, Culture & Media

Previously unreleased audio sheds new light on Kennedy assassination

Global Politics

Audio recordings made on the flight deck of airplanes carrying two top government leaders the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated provide new insights into what the White House knew, when it knew it, and how the message was shared with government officials.

On anniversary of JFK assassination, memories of his first and only trip to Ireland

Global Politics

Just a few months before his assassination, John F. Kennedy made the first trip by a sitting U.S. President to Ireland. For an Irish Catholic, it was a bit of a homecoming. The Irish greeted him as their hero.

Sen. Ted Kennedy’s legacy

Global Politics

Senator Kennedy was an eminent statesman, champion of health care and education, and major contributor to foreign policy legislation

‘The Patriarch’: The Complicated Legacy of Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy, the powerful patriarch of the Kennedy dynasty, died in 1969, but his legacy has continued to fascinate, and puzzle, historians as well as his own  descendants.  David Nasaw  paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the businessman, investor, and ambassador in his new book, “The Patriarch:  The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy.” […]

‘The Patriarch’: The Complicated Legacy of Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy, the powerful patriarch of the Kennedy dynasty, died in 1969, but the legacy he left behind has continued to fascinate, and puzzle, historians as well as his own  descendants. David Nasaw paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the businessman, investor, and ambassador in his new book, “The Patriarch:  The Remarkable Life and Turbulent […]