JFK Library · From Moonshot to Earthshot About the Episode In his administration, President John F. Kennedy understood the importance of preserving and protecting the natural resources on Earth. This
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The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Ruby McIntee, a U.S. Citizen and senior at the High School of Dundee in Dundee Scotland, has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students. The winning essay describes how former U.S. Representative Vito Marcantonio (New York 18th District) courageously opposed the 1948 Subversive Activities Control Act which required communists to register with the U.S. Attorney General. Determined to protect constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, Marcantonio risked his career and reputation to stay true to democratic principles.
On the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, interviewed the show's longtime producer Nancy Updike and her husband
A Conversation with Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer, veteran broadcast journalist, long-time anchor of Face the Nation, and current Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and
Thurgood Marshall
Wil Haygood discussed his new book, Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America with civil rights leader Elaine Jones. Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack
A Conversation with Seth Moulton
Congressman Seth Moulton and presidential advisor David Gergen discussed issues related to the turmoil in the Middle East and the importance of national service.
Being Nixon
Evan Thomas discussed his new biography, Being Nixon: A Man Divided, with Tim Naftali, historian and former Director of the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
GlobeDocs Presents "Dateline - Saigon"
GlobeDocs presented "Dateline - Saigon," which profiles five Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalists who covered the Vietnam War: The New York Times's David Halberstam, UPI's Neil Sheehan and the
A Conversation with Maura Healey
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey discussed her first year in office and legal challenges facing the Commonwealth with Dean of Harvard Law School Martha Minow.
Building a Better World: Empowering Women and Girls
Melanne Verveer and Kim Azzarelli, co-authors of Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose, discussed ways that some of the world's most inspiring women are using economic power to create
Thomas Jefferson, the Politician
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham discussed Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power with veteran journalist Mike Barnicle.
Boston Symphony Orchestra Community Chamber Concert
The Boston Symphony Orchestra presented a Community Chamber Concert with compositions by Verdi, Still, and Previn, featuring the Hawthorne String Quartet and Thomas Martin, clarinet.
Selected Letters of William Styron
Rose Styron, wife of the late William Styron, and their daughter, Alexandra, discussed the publication of his letters to leading artists of his day, including several describing time spent with
A Conversation with John Irving
John Irving discussed his latest novel, In One Person, with novelist Tom Perrotta.
A Conversation with Al Gore
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore discussed his new book, The Future, with Harvard professor Graham Allison.
A Conversation with John King
Award-winning CNN correspondent John King discussed his career, Dorchester roots, and the state of our national politics with Boston Globe Editor in Chief Brian McGrory.
*Canceled* The 50th Anniversary of the Feminine Mystique
**Due to inclement weather, this forum has been canceled and will be rescheduled. Please check back soon for a new date.** On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s groundbreaking
Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy on Whitey Bulger
Boston Globe journalists Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy discussed their new book, Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice, and what this history
2013 PEN Hemingway Awards
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s son, presented this year's PEN Hemingway Award to Kevin Powers for The Yellow Birds. Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn and The Testament of Mary, delivered the
The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington
Filmmaker and journalist Sebastian Junger (author of The Perfect Storm) will premiere a new HBO documentary on the life and career of photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who died in 2011 covering the
A Ripple of Hope
As the nation marks the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s death, the Kennedy Library will screen the documentary, A Ripple of Hope, about Robert Kennedy’s extemporaneous speech before an
JAMES ROTH: –especially glad to see all of the young people here this afternoon. On behalf of my colleague Steven Rothstein, who's right over there, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library
A Conversation with John Paul Stevens
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discussed his long career on the bench and his views of American jurisprudence with Harvard Law professor (and former law clerk) David Barron.
Speeches That Changed the World: JFK at American University and in Berlin
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's speeches at American University and in West Berlin, Ambassador Nicholas Burns, veteran journalist Marvin Kalb, Sergei Khrushchev, Adam