Episode #371: John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963)

Episode #371: John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963)

John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963); Topics covered include: Kennedy's call for a large tax cut, civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, and the violent tactics of the authorities, the desegregation of the University of Alabama (against the protests of AL Governor George Wallace), Kennedy's push for major civil rights legislation, Kennedy's "Peace Speech," and the signing of the first nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union Key people include: John Maynard Keynes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene (Bull) Connor, Burke Marshall, George Wallace, Bobby Kennedy, Vivian Malone, James Hood, Nicholas Katzenbach, Lyndon Johnson, Nikita Khrushchev, and Averill Harriman Correction: At 4:12, should be "desegregated" not "segregated." For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #370: John Kennedy #13: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

John Kennedy #13: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); Begins with the lead-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis and then a day-by-day account of the crisis. Key people include: Nikita Khrushchev, John McCone, McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Bobby Kennedy, Andrei Gromyko, Curtis LeMay, Ted Sorensen, Anatoly Dobrynin, Adlai Stevenson, Valerian Zorin, and Harold Macmillan For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #369: John Kennedy #12: Life in the White House and Second Year Begins (1961-1962)

John Kennedy #12: Life in the White House and Second Year Begins (1961-1962); Topics covered include: Joe Kennedy's strike, medical treatment for Kennedy as President, Kennedy's ongoing womanizing as President, the role of Jacqueline Kennedy as First Lady, second State of the Union Address, showdown over prices with the steel industry, Kennedy's cautious approach on civil rights, and his efforts to ensure the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi Key people include: Joe Kennedy, Janet Travell, Max Jacobson, Hans Kraus, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lem Billings, Pamela Turnure, Priscilla Wear, Jill Cowan, Mary Pinchot Mayer, Ben Bradlee, Gene Tierney, Arlene Dahl, Jane Mansfield, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Dave Powers, Henry DuPont, Rachel (Bunny) Mellon, Stephane Boudin, Pablo Casals, Roger Blough, Bobby Kennedy, James Meredith, and Ross Barnett For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #368: John Kennedy #11: Learning on the Job Part II: Khrushchev and the Berlin Wall (1961)

John Kennedy #11: Learning on the Job Part II: Khrushchev and the Berlin Wall (1961); Space Race and the pledge to land an American on the moon before the end of the decade, trip to Paris on the way to Vienna, two-meeting meeting with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Kennedy's strong stand re: the future of Berlin, the Soviets construct the Berlin Wall, and a difficult end to a difficult first year in office Key people include: Nikita Khrushchev, Jacqueline Kennedy, Averill Harriman, Charles de Gaulle, Lyndon Johnson, and Lucius Clay For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #367: John Kennedy #10: Learning on the Job Part I: Laos and the Bay of Pigs (1961)

John Kennedy #10: Learning on the Job Part I: Laos and the Bay of Pigs (1961); Topics covered include: First State of the Union Address, domestic agenda (and difficulties with Congress), Civil Rights and the Freedom Riders, crisis in Laos along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the Alliance for Progress with Latin America, the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and the aftermath of the failure of the mission Key people include: Martin Luther King, Jr., Lyndon Johnson, Dwight Eisenhower, Ho Chi Minh, Phoumi Nosavan, Fidel Castro, Allen Dulles, Richard Bissell, Ted Sorensen, Ben Bradlee, and Richard Nixon For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/