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Senator Robert Kennedy’s phones calls with President Lyndon Johnson. Senator Edward Kennedy’s eulogy after his brother’s assassination on June 5, 1968. Evan Thomas talked about Robert…

The anniversary of the April 17 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, with President John Kennedy’s phone calls, news conference and speeches to newspaper editors and publishers. David Coleman…

The March 1968 announcements from President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Robert Kennedy about their presidential plans. Two historians provided their prospective on the announcements.

This documentary used by the United Farm Workers union chronicles the history of California’s migrant agricultural workers and their protests for higher wages, union recognition, and safer…

President Richard Nixon spoke to UN Ambassador George H.W. Bush about upcoming votes and becoming the Chairman of the RNC. President Lyndon Johnson spoke to advisors about the signing…

President Lyndon Johnson talked with Congressional leaders and staff about the civil rights, foreign aid and poverty bills, aid to parochial schools and Vietnam. Note: some language may be…

C-SPAN Radio notes the 50th anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s assassination with calls with President Johnson.  Topics include the Civil Rights Act and racial unrest after its enactment and the war in…

President Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors about school desegregation in Alabama, Vietnam, and the continuing Congressional probe of the top aide to LBJ when he was a Senator. Note: Some…

This CBS News report covered Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) announcing his bid for the 1968 presidential nomination, challenging sitting President Lyndon B. Johnson. The announcement and press…

John F. Kennedy was born May 29, 1917--and C-SPAN Radio notes the 100th anniversary of his birth with calls about one of the most significant domestic events of his presidency: The 1962 admission…

Senator Robert Kennedy (D-NY) and Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA) respond to questions via satellite from a group of international students in London at the BBC. The topic is “The Image of America…

On October 1, 1962, James Meredith became the first African American to become a student at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. President John F. Kennedy’s phone calls about the…

Attorney General Robert Kennedy delivers an address at the 1964 Democratic National convention. This speech came to be known as his “Stars” speech. Attorney General Kennedy quoted William…

1968 presidential campaign ads from Republican nominee Richard Nixon, Democratic Nominee Hubert Humphrey, and American Independent Party candidate George Wallace. Also, two ads for…

Sen. Kennedy and Sen. McCarthy, candidates for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1968, appeared in a short clip from ABC News' Sunday morning public affairs program Issues and…

President Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors and Congressional leaders about the war in Vietnam, the proposed bombing of Laos, the Civil Rights and food bills and a visit from the Prime…