The Presidency and Civil Rights - Then and Now
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library convened a day-long conference on the presidency and civil rights. During the c…
A panel of historians at the JFK Presidential Library provide some historical background from the 1940's and 1950's to help understand the e… read more
A panel of historians at the JFK Presidential Library provide some historical background from the 1940's and 1950's to help understand the early Civil Rights moevment. They discussed the topic of veterans returning home, of lynchings in the 1940's, and of Communist accusations against the NAACP. close
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library convened a day-long conference on the presidency and civil rights. During the c…
Callie Crossley moderated a discussion of the historic events of June 11, 1963. On that day two black students, James Ho…
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library convened a conference on the presidency and civil rights. In this discussion, p…
Historians, scholars, filmmakers and journalists gathered for a 50th anniversary retrospective on the 1962 Cuban Missile…