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Jim Rasenberger presents a history of the Bay of Pigs crisis. The failed military invasion of Cuba in 1961 that was supported by the United States government resulted in the capture or death of…

Robert Dallek, author of the historical narrative, Camelot’s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House. He described his book as taking an inside look at the brain trust surrounding President John Kennedy’s administration. He discussed…

Catholic University professor and former CIA historian Nicholas Dujmovic teaches a class about national intelligence during President Kennedy’s administration. He talks about the Bay of…

Ted Widmer talked about the book he edited, Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy. The book contains audio CDs with 150 minutes of recorded conversations from the…

This CBS News series examining lingering controversies about the findings of the Warren Report on the Assassination of President Kennedy originally was broadcast over four successive nights…

This CBS News series examined lingering controversies about the Warren Commission report on the assassination of President Kennedy. Originally broadcast over four successive nights in June of…

University of Washington history professor William Rorabaugh talked about the 1960 presidential election. He discussed the candidates, and how Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice…

From the 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival, Joseph Esposito detailed the White House dinner on April 1962 with 49 Nobel Prize winners, including Robert Oppenheimer, James Baldwin, Mary Welsh…

Fort Worth’s General Worth Square is the place where President John F. Kennedy gave an impromptu speech to thousands of spectators the morning he was assassinated. Andy Taft, president of Downtown Fort…

The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation marked the centennial of the 35th president’s birth with a discussion of his life, work and legacy.

Chris Matthews talked about the state of contemporary journalism and his new book, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, on the 50th anniversary of former Attorney General Robert Kennedy’s 1968…

The University of Virginia’s Miller Center convened scholars for a two-day conference looking at the complicated history between U.S. and Russian leaders over the last century. The…

Professor Richard Aldous talked about his book Schlesinger, in which he recounts the life of Arthur Schlesinger, historian and special assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Mr. Aldous spoke with…

Martha Murphy, head of the Special Access and Freedom of Information Act staff at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland, talked about the collection of artifacts related to the assassination of…

Lawrence Schiller talked about the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection of dozens of images that chronicle the life of President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy was born on May…

Kerry Tymchuk gave a tour of the exhibit, "High Hopes: The Journey of John F. Kennedy. He talked about JFK’s presidency and achievements during his time in office, and showed some of the original items that…

Edward Widmer and Fredrik Logevall reflected on President Kennedy’s legacy as the nation marked the centennial of his 1917 birth. John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Executive Director…

Alexandra Zapruder talked about her book, Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film. Abraham Zapruder filmed President Kennedy’s Dallas motorcade and assassination in 1963…

Philip Shenon talked about the October 26 ,2017, deadline for the release of government documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Mr. Shenon is the author of A Cruel and…

Panelists talked about President John F. Kennedy. Panelists included Steven Levingston, author of Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle Over Civil Rights; Kathy McKeon, author of…