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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political and cultural topics reflecting the legacy of President and Mrs. Kennedy's White House years. They are conducted as conversations rather than lectures.
Episodes
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
The Life of Rose Kennedy
Barbara Perry discusses her biography of Rose Kennedy, The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch with Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Globe columnist…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Tribute to Seamus Heaney
On the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's dedication of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College, the Kennedy Library hosted a tribute to the Nobel…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl shot by the Taliban last October because of her advocacy for children’s education, discusses her book, I am Malala, and…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
The Legacy of Joe Moakley
A discussion of the book, "Joe Moakley’s Journey: From South Boston to El Salvador" with author Mark Robert Schneider and Congressman Jim McGovern. Pulitzer…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
JFK's Last Hundred Days
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the final months of JFK’s presidency, Thurston Clarke discusses his new book, JFK’s Last Hundred Days: The…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with John Lewis
Congressman John Lewis commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington with an in-depth discussion with veteran journalist Callie Crossley.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
The Obama Presidency
Jonathan Alter will discuss his second book about the Obama presidency, The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tom…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
JFK's Quest for Peace
Jeffrey Sachs will discuss his new book, To Move The World, about President Kennedy’s efforts to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and achieve world peace…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Justice John Paul Stevens
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discusses his long career on the bench and his views of American jurisprudence with Harvard Law professor (and…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
2013 PEN Hemingway Awards
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s son, presents this year's PEN Hemingway Award to Kevin Powers for The Yellow Birds. Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn and…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy
Boston Globe journalists Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy discuss their book, Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with John King
Award-winning CNN correspondent John King discusses his career, Dorchester roots, and the state of our national politics with Boston Globe Editor in Chief…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with John Irving
John Irving discusses his latest novel, In One Person, with novelist Tom Perrotta.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Selected Letters of William Styron
Rose Styron, wife of the late William Styron, and their daughter, Alexandra, discuss the publication of his letters to leading artists of his day, including…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Thomas Jefferson the Politician
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham discusses Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power with veteran journalist Mike Barnicle.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
The Life of Joseph P Kennedy
Biographer David Nasaw discussed his new book, The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy, with veteran journalist and radio…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
2012 New Frontier Awards
Caroline Kennedy presented the New Frontier Award to Stacey Abrams, Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and social entrepreneur Veronika…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Obama and the Supreme Court
New Yorker writer and legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, discussed his new book, The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court with Harvard Law professor…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A New and Improved Constitution
Kevin Bleyer, Emmy Award–winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will discuss his new book, ME THE PEOPLE: One Man's Quest to Rewrite the…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Remembering Sargent Shriver
Mark Shriver discussed his new book, A Good Man, about his late father, R. Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps with Richard Parker, Lecturer…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
David McCullough on Americans in Paris
David McCullough discussed his latest book, The Greater Journey, about prominent 19th-century Americans’ formative years in Paris.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Poverty in America
Maurice Isserman joined Peter Edelman, author of So Rich, So Poor, and Harvard professor Jennifer Hochschild to discuss the politics and persistence of poverty…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Conan O'Brien
Conan O’Brien discussed the art of comedy with Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe film critic Wesley Morris.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
LBJ: From Senate Majority Leader to President, 1958-1964
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro discussed the fourth volume in his biography of LBJ, The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, with Pulitzer…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Alan Brinkley on JFK
Alan Brinkley, the Allan Nevins Professor of American History at Columbia University, discussed his new biography in The American Presidents Series, John F…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright discussed her memoir, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948, with Ambassador Nicholas Burns, professor at…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Celebrating the Centennial of Fenway Park
Peter Nash, baseball historian; Richard Johnson, curator of Boston's Sports Museum; and Thomas Fitzgerald, grandson of mayor "Honey Fitz," discussed Fenway and…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Carole King
Carole King discussed her new memoir, A Natural Woman, with veteran journalist Mike Barnicle.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
2012 PEN Hemingway Awards
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's sole surviving son, introduced the 2012 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, which was given to Teju Cole for his first novel…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
An Evening with Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns
Renowned Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns presented a special performance and was joined by students from the University of Massachusetts Boston, who read selections…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence
The 2012 Awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence, presented to Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen. Special guests: Caroline Kennedy, Richard Hoffman, Tom…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Civil Rights: Then and Now
Ray Suarez, Allida Black, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and Roger Wilkins discuss how the lessons learned from the civil rights movement 50 years ago inform the…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Kennedy, Johnson Civil Rights Forum
Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Roger Wilkins and Harris Wofford, who worked with and for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, discussed the struggle for…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Truman, Eisenhower Civil Rights Forum
Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine and historians David Nichols and Carol Anderson discussed Truman's decision to desegregate the Armed Forces and…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt Civil Rights Forum
Historian Allida Black examines how civil rights issues were handled in the Roosevelt administration and the Roosevelts' role in the watershed event that…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
50th Anniversary of White House Tour
A screening and discussion with White House curator William Allman of Mrs. Kennedy’s famous televised tour where she describes her work on the restoration of…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer, former host of PBS Newshour, discussed his book, Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain, with PBS…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Joe Armstrong, Betty Sue Flowers, Harriet Rubin and David Stenn shared their memories of working with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis during her time as an editor…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Assessing Obama's Presidency
Jonathan Alter, author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One, and Hendrik Hertzberg, columnist for The New Yorker, analyzed the Obama presidency as the…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Cissy Patterson: The Most Powerful Woman in 20th Century America
Amanda Smith, the daughter of Jean Kennedy Smith, discussed her recent biography, Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Chris Matthews on JFK
Chris Matthews, host of Hardball, discussed his new biography, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, with former Boston Globe editor Marty Nolan.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz discussed her new book, Pilgrimage, which explores the places where the people who have inspired her have worked. The book includes the homes…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Stephen King
Stephen King read from his new novel 11/22/63 and discussed his long literary career with novelist Tom Perrotta.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Margaret Marshall
Retired Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Margaret Marshall shared memories of her childhood in South Africa, her immigration to the United States and her…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
50th Anniversary of Missile Gap Controversy
Former senior CIA intelligence officer Gene Poteat and historians Timothy Naftali, Fred Kaplan and John Prados discussed the moment the US had surpassed the…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Protecting Jacqueline Kennedy
Clinton Hill, Jacqueline Kennedy’s Secret Service detail, shared memories of the Kennedy White House and his service protecting the first family with Tom…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize-Winners
Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize-winners Ellen Goodman, Walter Robinson, Charlie Savage and Sebastian Smee reflected on how winning the award changed their careers…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with Judge Nancy Gertner
Judge Nancy Gertner discussed her new book, In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate, with Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory.
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
Celebrate JFK's Birthday
The public was invited to join Caroline Kennedy and The Honorable Ray Mabus, United States Secretary of the Navy, for a very special celebration of President…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
A Conversation with President Jimmy Carter
President Jimmy Carter discussed his new book, White House Diary, with PBS Newshour senior correspondent Ray Suarez.