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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world. Our purpose is to advance the study and understanding of President Kennedy's life and career and the times in which he lived; and to promote a greater appreciation of America's political and cultural heritage, the process of governing and the importance of public service. We accomplish our mission by: preserving and making accessible the records of President Kennedy and his times; promoting open discourse on critical issues of our own time; and educating and encouraging citizens to contribute, through public and community service, to shaping our nation's future.break

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    Politics and the Pope

    Tue, Dec 9, 2014
    Boston Globe writers **James Carroll** and **Neil Swidey**, author **Mary Gordon**, and **Sister Simone Campbell**, organizer of “Nuns on the Bus,” discuss Pope Francis and what the shifts initiated by his papacy might mean for both domestic and world politics. **Margery Eagan**, columnist for The Boston Globe's Catholicism-news website, [Crux](http://www.cruxnow.com "CRUX"), and host of WGBH's midday news show [Boston Public Radio](http://wgbhnews.org/programs/boston-public-radio "Boston Public Radio"), moderates.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • A Conversation with President Jimmy Carter

    Thu, Nov 20, 2014
    **President Jimmy Carter** discussed his new book, _A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power_, with Ronan Farrow, who served as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and currently is host of _MSNBC's Ronan Farrow Daily_.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

    Mon, Jan 23, 2012
    Colleagues and writers, including Joe Armstrong, Betty Sue Flowers, Harriet Rubin and David Stenn share their memories of working with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis during her time as an editor in New York City. Greg Lawrence, author of *Jackie as Editor*, moderates.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Assessing Obama's Presidency

    Sun, Jan 15, 2012
    Jonathan Alter, author of *The Promise: President Obama, Year One*, and Hendrik Hertzberg, columnist for *The New Yorker*, analyzed the Obama presidency as the 2012 presidential race began with former *Boston Globe* Editorial Page Editor Renee Loth.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • A Conversation with Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize-winners

    Tue, Jun 14, 2011
    *Boston Globe* Pulitzer Prize-winners Ellen Goodman, Walter Robinson, Charlie Savage and Sebastian Smee reflect on how winning the award changed their careers. Former *Boston Globe* columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tom Oliphant moderates.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • A Conversation with Judge Nancy Gertner

    Sun, Jun 5, 2011
    "Judge Nancy Gertner discusses her new book, *In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate*, with Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory. Today Gertner sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. In 1970s, she was one of few women in the courtroom, where she defended clients in some of the most prominent criminal and civil rights cases of the time. Her career, which focused on criminal and civil cases for women's rights and civil liberties, paved the way for other female lawyers and judges in a male-dominated profession."
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • A Conversation with President Jimmy Carter

    Tue, May 17, 2011
    President Jimmy Carter discusses his new book, *White House Diary*, with PBS *Newshour* senior correspondent Ray Suarez.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • The Freedom Rides

    Wed, Apr 20, 2011
    PBS and the Kennedy Library hosted a Boston screening of American Experience's 'Freedom Riders.' Following the documentary, Bernard Lafayette and others participated in a panel discussion moderated by 89.7 WGBH radio host, Callie Crossley.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • 50th Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Sun, Apr 17, 2011
    Historians Timothy Naftali and Peter Kornbluh, and Alfredo Duran, a Cuban exile who participated in the assault, examine the steps leading to the Bay of Pigs and the lessons learned by the Kennedy administration. Adriana Bosch, writer and director of the PBS documentary *Fidel Castro*, moderates.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • A Conversation with Governor Deval Patrick

    Thu, Apr 14, 2011
    Governor Deval Patrick discusses his new memoir, *A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life* with WBUR's *Morning Edition* host Bob Oakes.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
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