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… U.S. in the weeks and months leading to John F. Kennedy's assassination. They explore the forces that led many people … activists in Dallas who fanned flames of anger at JFK—and who some later blamed for the president's death. A … JFK and the Anger of the 1960s …
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… He even prepared the president’s body for burial after his assassination in 1963. Thomas passed away in 1980 and has … Inside Camelot: The untold story of JFK's valet …
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… He even prepared the president’s body for burial after his assassination in 1963. Thomas passed away in 1980 and has … Inside Camelot: The untold story of JFK's valet …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Jr. was a classmate of mine at college. I was aware of JFK; he was the class of 1940, but I did not meet Jack … Smith lost his taste for politics with the Robert Kennedy assassination, but he was part of the family. Ted asked him … Schlesinger [K. LeMoyne] Lem Billings used to say--JFK's great friend, Lem Billings--used to say, "To hear the …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… interview with her, later today. Sorensen On? Young On JFK. Sorensen Really? Young Yes, it’s hard for me to … talked about his first year or portion thereof, before the assassination, in the Senate. And when he gets into it, he … to happen. After that, the assassination. The brother gets assassinated. Edward gets his troubles. This is moving …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Frackleton The Boston office—we had the same office JFK had when he was first elected to Congress, and Kennedy’s … Office. We moved to the 24 th floor of the newly built JFK Building in Government Center. That’s where I spent a … wonder if I could ask you about when President Kennedy was assassinated. Could you tell us where you were when you heard …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… thing and that Ted always had planned to run back when JFK became President and so forth and so on, the two pieces … how Bobby felt, but I had a sense just from gossip that JFK was not altogether pleased with the idea, it sort of … but that was where it was going to go. Then after the assassination, Harvard had had its eye on the MBTA …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… like him grew to very much admire them, and by the time JFK became elected President, Tip was a 100 percent convert … are very rich. They’re mostly in the oral histories at the JFK Library. Here was this Harvard-educated, Choate, … President, if it was before 1960. Or if it was after the assassination, I will embarrass the family by revealing …
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… relationship between civil rights and the war against what JFK called “social and economic oppression?” What qualities … , 2007, and co-editor of Lyndon B. Johnson, the Kennedy Assassination and the Transfer of Power, November 1963 - …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… by an assistant—what’s his name? Nigel Hamilton, who wrote JFK: Reckless Youth, and then couldn’t continue with his next … go to the convention in Los Angeles in 1960 that nominated JFK? Taymor I sure did. That was my first one. I wasn’t there … but they didn’t love him like they loved him after he was assassinated. Knott Interesting. Taymor Very. And they …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… called, all of us from Massachusetts to a meeting in the JFK [John Fitzgerald Kennedy] Building here in Boston. I have … you into a theater and they showed a film that began with JFK’s [John F. Kennedy] funeral. The minute I saw that, I had … the Kennedy Library. I remember what I was doing when JFK was assassinated. Heininger I think we all do. Philipps I …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Lyons on May 9, 2008, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the JFK [John F. Kennedy] Library. Tell me how you met Edward … staff. See, they were going to immediately get the JFK people in to tell us about the ’63 campaign. So the … to the Hubert Humphrey campaign. EMK was awful after the assassination, awful, but Hubert Humphrey had called. EMK …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… correspondence and various other things. Then I worked for JFK [John Fitzgerald Kennedy], also in late '59 and January … down on the side of teaching? You didn't have doubts about JFK's ability to win, did you? de Haan No, not really, but I … maybe. I don't recall exactly. Then we had the assassination. I'd like to talk a little bit about the …
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… the Civil Rights Act was passed in the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy despite aggressive … Summer 50 Years Later Steven Davis and Bill Minutaglio: JFK and the Anger of the 1960s William Jones: JFK, the March …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… problem was, I received the bill and I sent it to the JFK campaign, and then to the State Commission. I’m not sure … I had ever seen, especially during the time of the assassination. Heininger During this very early time, Joe … There were so many things that happened leading up to the assassination. We wanted very much to have the best Senate …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to be built in Boston, Massachusetts. Evelyn Lincoln, JFK’s personal secretary, was my contact. The Senator … have the Kennedy strength. Heininger Let’s talk about the assassination. You were there when John Kennedy was assassinated. What happened in the office and what happened …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Yes, you just get the job. Heininger Was he viewed by JFK [John F. Kennedy], therefore, as a placeholder or as a … service? Gwirtzman Not a placeholder, at least at first. JFK didn’t know whether Teddy was going to run, although he … against Ted. Heininger Did you get any sense about what JFK or RFK [Robert F. Kennedy] thought about Ted’s running? …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… more an organic whole. He's told me stories about when JFK came back from the war and he was in the downstairs … took turns reading John Brown's Body to each other. When JFK had his operation in the '50s and almost died and was … to judge who had produced the better painting. Sometimes JFK won, sometimes Teddy won. Teddy's actually a very good …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to Chile in the mid-’60s. After Jack Kennedy was assassinated—Ralph Dungan was in the White House with … there specifically—Remember, we were with the mayor at the JFK [John F. Kennedy] Government Center, and the mayor’s …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… did Ted hit it off so well with him? Souliotis After the assassinations, he became like a brother, and he’s handled … [Kennedy] and the kids, because it was tough after the assassinations, and they wanted to make sure he was safe. He …