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JFK Library Forums
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Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political, and cultural topics reflecting the legacy of President and Mrs. Kennedy's White House years.
Episodes
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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Boston College professor of history, discusses her new book Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America with Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic.
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Looking Ahead to the 2024 Elections
Robert Costa, chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News, discusses key issues in advance of the 2024 elections with David Gergen, senior political analyst at CNN and a White House adviser to four presidents.
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Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
Matthew Delmont, Dartmouth professor of history, discusses his recent book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, which explores the crucial contributions of the more than one million Black men and women who served in World War II, serving in...
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Civil Rights Issues: Then and Now
In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's June 1963 speech on civil rights, this special panel discussion explores civil rights issues in the 1960s and today. Mark Whitaker, CBS Sunday Morning contributor and author of "Saying it Loud: 1966 - The Year Black Power Challenged...
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An Unfinished Agenda: President Kennedy And Civil Rights, 60 Years Later
In a nationally televised address in June 1963, President Kennedy addressed the most urgent domestic issue of the time: the struggle to guarantee civil rights for all Americans. In his speech, President Kennedy implored a nation divided by race, to rise to the challenge of that moment, to create…
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Lincoln and the Fight for Peace
John Avlon, author, columnist, and senior political analyst and anchor at CNN, discusses his new book "Lincoln and the Fight for Peace," which explores Lincoln's plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil War, with Kellie Carter Jackson, professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley...
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Strengthening Civic Infrastructure and Combating Hate: The Role of the Arts, Culture, and Faith
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff delivers opening remarks for a special Kennedy Library Forum that will include a distinguished panel exploring the role of the arts and culture and interfaith cooperation in combating hate. Maria Rosario Jackson, Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts; Rashad...
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PEN/Hemingway Award Celebration
Colette Hemingway honors 2023 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel finalists and winner Oscar Hokeah, author of "Calling for a Blanket Dance," at this celebration. Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh delivers the keynote address. The Kennedy Library is the major repository of Ernest Hemingway's...
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Dinner with the President
Alex Prud'homme discusses his new book, "Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House," a narrative history of food, politics, and twenty-six presidents from President Washington to President Biden, including President Kennedy. Sheryl Julian…
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The Press and the Presidency
Ellen Fitzpatrick, Presidential Chair and Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire; Doug Mills, White House photographer for The New York Times, and Darlene Superville, White House Correspondent for the Associated Press, explore key issues in covering the Presidency with Tamara...
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A Conversation with Micheál Martin T.D., Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence of Ireland
Micheál Martin T.D., Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence of Ireland, marks the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's visit to Ireland and discusses the Irish-US relationship and key global issues with Kevin Cullen, columnist for The Boston Globe. This program...
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Gun Control and Firearms Policy
Philip Alpers, founding director of GunPolicy.org at the University of Sydney School of Public Health; Jennifer Carlson, professor of sociology and government and public policy at the University of Arizona; Mugambi Jouet, professor of law at the University of Southern California; and Diego...
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Hemingway's Widow: The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway
Timothy Christian, professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, discusses his new book "Hemingway's Widow: The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway" with Jenny Emery Davidson, executive director of The Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho. This was a virtual Kennedy Library Forum.
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Silent Spring Revolution
Douglas Brinkley discusses his forthcoming book "Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, and the Great Environmental Awakening," which explores the rise of environmental activism, with Michael Eric Dyson, award-winning author and professor of African American and...
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"Taken Hostage": Film Preview & Discussion
The Kennedy Library and GBH partnered for an exclusive preview* and discussion of the new PBS American Experience documentary "Taken Hostage," which tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when more than 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in...
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Ted Kennedy: A Life
John A. Farrell, award-winning author and former Boston Globe correspondent, discusses his forthcoming book Ted Kennedy: A Life with David Nasaw, professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons for Today, Session 2
This special conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis will explore the Crisis and the lessons it still holds for us. Sessions will examine the historical context of the Crisis, as well as how lessons from the Crisis resonate with contemporary challenges. Curator…
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons for Today, Session 1
This special conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis will explore the crisis and the lessons it still holds for us. Sessions will examine the historical context of the crisis, as well as how lessons from the crisis resonate with contemporary challenges. Activist...
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The Road Taken: A Memoir
Senator Patrick Leahy, president pro tempore of the Senate and the chamber's current longest-serving member, discusses his new book "The Road Taken: A Memoir," which explores more than four decades of service spanning nine presidential administrations, with former Senator Christopher J. Dodd.
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The Midterm Elections: A Look Ahead
Jonathan Capehart, associate editor for The Washington Post and anchor of MSNBC's The Sunday Show, and Ali Vitali, Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News and author of Electable: Why America Hasn't Put A Woman in the White House…Yet, explore key issues in advance of the midterm elections with…
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Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency
Mark Updegrove, president and CEO of the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation and presidential historian for ABC News, discusses his new book "Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency" with Martin Dobrow, professor of communications at Springfield College.
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Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
Jeff Nussbaum, political speechwriter, discusses his new book "Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History," kennedy, library, history, politics, government, jfk, forum which explores the context of undelivered speeches by notable figures including Presidents Kennedy,...
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A Conversation with Ireland's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Simon Coveney
Simon Coveney TD, Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense, discusses Ireland's foreign policy, the Irish-US relationship and key global issues with Dr. Robert Mauro, director of the Irish Institute and founding director of the Global Leadership Institute at Boston College. This program...
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46th Annual PEN/Hemingway Award Celebration
Seán Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's grandson, honors 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel finalists and winner Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby, at this celebration. Award-winning author and environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams delivers the keynote address. The Kennedy Library is...
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American Reboot: An Idealist's Guide to Getting Big Things Done
Will Hurd, former Congressman, cybersecurity executive, and CIA officer, discusses his forthcoming book "American Reboot: An Idealist's Guide to Getting Big Things Done" with Archon Fung, professor of citizenship and self-government at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Crisis in Ukraine: Key Issues
Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University professor of history and international relations and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and Tom Nichols, US Naval War College professor of National Security Affairs and contributing writer at The Atlantic, explore latest developments in the crisis in Ukraine…
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Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
Kate Clifford Larson, visiting scholar at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center, discusses her new book "Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer" which draws on new interviews and fresh archival material to explore Hamer's life and impact on the civil rights movement. Karsonya (Kaye)...
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Rising Seas: Planning for the Future Video
Baylor Fox-Kemper, professor of earth, environmental, and planetary sciences at Brown University; Courtney Humphries, journalist and author; Paul Kirshen, professor of climate adaptation at the University of Massachusetts Boston; Sanjay Seth, climate resilience program manager for the City of...
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The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of An American Dynasty
Neal Thompson, journalist and author, discusses his forthcoming book "The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty," which draws on previously unreleased records to explore the lives of Bridget and Patrick Kennedy, with Christine Kinealy, professor of history and director of...
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The American Diplomat
The Kennedy Library and GBH partner for an exclusive preview and discussion of the new PBS American Experience documentary The American Diplomat. Ambassador (Ret.) Aurelia Brazeal, Director Leola Calzolai-Stewart and Duke professor of history Adriane Lentz-Smith discuss the film and explore the...
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Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us
Congressman Ro Khanna discusses his forthcoming book "Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us," which explores how the digital economy can create opportunities for people across the country, with Arlie Russell Hochschild, professor emerita of sociology at the University of...
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The Future of Cities
Dayna Cunningham, Dean of Tufts' Tisch College of Civic Life, and Edward Glaeser, Harvard professor of economics and co-author of the forthcoming book "Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation" explore key issues affecting the future of cities with columnist and former...
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Intelligence and Espionage: What's Next?
Mara Hvistendahl, investigative reporter and author of "The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage"; Dana Priest, The Washington Post investigative reporter and chair of public affairs journalism at the University of Maryland; and Tim Weiner, author of…
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King Richard: Nixon and Watergate - An American Tragedy
Michael Dobbs, author and former longtime reporter for The Washington Post, discusses his new book "King Richard: Nixon and Watergate - An American Tragedy" with award-winning author and journalist Evan Thomas.
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Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy
Tom Nichols, US Naval War College professor of National Security Affairs, columnist for USA Today, and contributing writer at The Atlantic, discusses his new book "Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy" with Heather Cox Richardson, Boston College professor of history.
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Our Changing Electorate
Kendra Davenport Cotton, chief operating officer at the New Georgia Project; Robert Griffin, senior research advisor and research director for the Voter Study Group at Democracy Fund; Taeku Lee, University of California, Berkeley professor of political science and of law; Gabriel R. Sanchez,...
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Fighting Hunger
José Andrés, chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, and David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, discuss current actions and responses to hunger and malnutrition with Laura Reiley, reporter for The Washington Post covering the business of food. The Kennedy Library's...
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Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and distinguished professor and chair at Texas Tech University, discusses her book "Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World" with Reyhaneh Maktoufi, host, co-producer, and illustrator of PBS/NOVA's...
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Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White
Patricia Sullivan, professor of history at the University of South Carolina, discusses her new book "Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White," which draws on government files, personal papers, and oral interviews to examine Robert F. Kennedy's life and legacy. Kenneth Mack,...
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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
Julia Sweig, award-winning author and nonresident senior research fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin, discusses her new book Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, which draws on the largely unknown and overlooked audio diaries that Mrs. Johnson kept...
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"America United": Finding Common Ground
Peter Coleman, Columbia professor of psychology and education and author of the forthcoming "The Way Out: How To Overcome Toxic Polarization"; Archon Fung, professor of citizenship and self-government at the Harvard Kennedy School; the Reverend Irene Monroe, theologian, syndicated columnist, and...
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The Triumph of Nancy Reagan
Karen Tumulty, political columnist for The Washington Post, discusses her forthcoming book, "The Triumph of Nancy Reagan," which draws on archives, letters, memoirs, White House records, and four years of interviews with people close to the Reagans to reveal new details of the multifaceted...
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Police and Justice Reform
Reginald Dwayne Betts, poet, memoirist and teacher; Tracie Keesee, co-founder, Center for Policing Equity; Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Harvard professor of history, race, and public policy; and Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, discuss current issues in police…
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US Immigration: Past Policy and New Directions
Theresa Cardinal Brown, Bipartisan Policy Center director of immigration and cross-border policy; Roberto Gonzales, Harvard professor of education and director of the Immigration Initiative at Harvard; Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, UMass Boston Chancellor; Daniel Tichenor, University of Oregon chair of...
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Religion and Politics: Then and Now
Anthea Butler, professor of religious studies and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; EJ Dionne, The Washington Post columnist and visiting professor at the Harvard Divinity School; Patrick Lacroix, author of John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Faith; Emmett Price, professor of...
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The New Administration: Opportunities and Challenges
Panelists including Lisa Lerer, reporter at The New York Times, and Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and CNN Political Analyst, discuss opportunities and challenges for the incoming administration, as well as reflect on the significance of the...
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Climate Change, Survival, and Deepening Our Humanity
Award-winning musician and Emerson College artist-in-residence Toshi Reagon and the Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, founding pastor of the New Roots AME Church and fellow with the Green Justice Coalition, discuss how the belief systems that define and maintain our societies impact the planet and...
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Interpreting the 2020 Elections
Panelists including Dan Balz, chief correspondent at The Washington Post; Jonathan Capehart, opinion columnist at The Washington Post; Maria Hinojosa, president and founder of Futuro Media and anchor and executive producer of Latino USA; and Alice Stewart, CNN commentator, NPR contributor, and...
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Expanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights Today - Keynote
In this culminating keynote session of the Kennedy Library's "Expanding Democracy" conference, Judge Nancy Gertner (ret.), senior lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, and former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall deepen the conversation about the…
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Expanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights Today
In commemoration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this conference will explore the history of the suffrage movement and how efforts to broaden voting rights have evolved over time. Sessions will explore the origins and development of suffrage efforts as well as contemporary voting rights...
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Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political, and cultural topics reflecting the legacy of President and Mrs. Kennedy's White House years.
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