Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Biography:
"Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts and 35th President of the United States; born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., May 29, 1917; attended the public and private schools of Brookline, Mass., Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., the London School of Economics at London, England, and Princeton University; graduated from Harvard University in 1940; attended Stanford University School of Business; during the Second World War served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy 1941-1945; PT boat commander in the South Pacific; author and newspaper correspondent; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth, Eighty-first, and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1953); did not seek renomination in 1952; elected to the United States Senate in 1952; reelected in 1958 and served from January 3, 1953 to December 22, 1960, when he resigned to become President of the United States; chairman, Special Committee on the Senate Reception Room (Eighty-fourth and Eighty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessfully sought the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1956; elected thirty-fifth President of the United States in 1960, and was inaugurated on January 20, 1961; died in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, from the effects of an assassin's bullet; remains returned to Washington, D.C.; lay in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, November 24-25, 1963; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on December 6, 1993."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Alternate Names:
Kennedy, John
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
- Civil Rights Accomplishments (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- Civil Rights Oral History Interviews (Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
- Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project (Carnegie Museum of Art)
- Picketers outside Wilkinsburg Police Department with signs advocating John F. Kennedy memorial statue (Black-and-white photographs)
- Woman protesting in front of the Wilkinsburg Municipal Building, carrying sign with image of Kennedy reading "We ask council to remember the man" (Black-and-white photographs)
- Encyclopedia of Alabama (Encyclopedia of Alabama)
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles (University of North Carolina at Greensboro's University Libraries)
- JFK in History: Civil Rights Context in the Early 1960s (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
- Leaders in the Struggle for Civil Rights (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
- Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century (Lyndon Baines Johnson Library)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission image of a newspaper article entitled, "Many Ask Braden's Freedom" that appeared in the Southern Patriot, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960s (Newspapers)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a signed petition calling for an executive pardon for Carl Braden, Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 (Petitions)
- USM Oral History (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty (Library of Congress)
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a reporter speaking to Atlanta mayor William B. Hartsfield about race relations in Atlanta, Georgia and about the Freedom Rides, Washington, D.C., 1961 May 25 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of an interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. following the assassination of president John F. Kennedy in Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 November 22 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of an unidentified official from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) speaking to a reporter about ongoing the Freedom Rides, New York City, New York, 1961 May or June (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of citizens welcoming president John F. Kennedy to the city as well as of civil rights workers protesting segregation at two restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 May (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and reverend C. S. Hamilton speaking to a mass meeting, Augusta, Georgia, 1962 April 3 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. asking that president John F. Kennedy issue a "Second Emancipation Proclamation" declaring segregation illegal, 1961 June (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leaving the Georgia State Prison in the company of Donald Hollowell, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Wyatt T. Walker, Reidsville, Georgia, 1960 October 27 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. responding to a reporter's question about president John F. Kennedy's speech on civil rights and the murder of Medgar Evers, Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 June 12 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking of African American civil rights, including voting rights, Augusta, Georgia, 1962 April 2 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Eugene "Bull" Connor addressing a White Citizens' Council rally and preparation for the University of Alabama integration in Holt, Alabama, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1963 June 7 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Fulton County Young Republican president Mr. Thornwell speaking to a reporter about civil rights legislation, about mayor Ivan Allen, and about senator Barry Goldwater in Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 October (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of John F. Kennedy speaking at a press conference about civil rights demonstrations and the federal government's support and protection in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 May 12 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of leaders of the Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference speaking to reporters at a press conference held in Atlanta Georgia, 1963 November 24 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom meeting with president John F. Kennedy at the White House, Washington, D.C., 1963 August 28 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Malcolm X condemning the federal government for not protecting African commenting on violence in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 May 16 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of mayor William B. Hartsfield speaking to reporters about recent civil rights demonstrations and the arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 October 24 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of NAACP executive director Roy Wilkins speaking to reporters at a press conference before the NAACP annual convention held in Atlanta, Georgia, 1962 July 1 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of president John F. Kennedy in a press conference expressing his satisfaction with progress in resolving racial conflicts in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 May 8 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Ray Moore interviewing United States attorney general Robert F. Kennedy about the Freedom Rides and about school integration, Washington, D.C., 1961 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of response to comments made the day before by President John F. Kennedy about the relationship between city officials and civil rights workers by Asa D. Kelley, mayor of Albany, Georgia, 1962 August 2 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of three Alabama newspaper editors, including Alabama Press Association president Herve Charest, speaking to reporters following a meeting with president John F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C., 1963 May 14 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of United States president John F. Kennedy speaking about the Albany Movement, 1962 August 1 (Moving images)
Educator Resources
- For Teachers and Students (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
- The Civil Rights movement: Evaluating Lyndon B. Johnson's character and efforts during the civil rights era (Instructional materials)
- The Civil Rights movement: The promise of democracy; JFK's radio and television report to the American people on civil rights, June 11, 1963 (Instructional materials)
- Integrating Ole Miss-- A Civil Rights Milestone (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
- Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection (WGBH Educational Foundation)