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JFK and domestic affairs:The New Frontier
JFK and domestic affairs:The New Frontier
The New FrontierThe New Frontier
“We stand at the edge of a New Frontier- the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams, a frontier of unknown opportunities and beliefs in peril. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.”
JFK’s 1960 acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention
“We stand at the edge of a New Frontier- the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams, a frontier of unknown opportunities and beliefs in peril. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.”
JFK’s 1960 acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention
JFK’s cabinet and advisors: “The Best and the Brightest”
JFK’s cabinet and advisors: “The Best and the Brightest”
Young, Ivy League-educated men
Bobby Kennedy: 35 yr. old Attorney General
Robert McNamara: Defense Secretary
Dean Rusk: Secretary of State
McGeorge Bundy: National Security Advisor
Ted Sorensen: speechwriter
Pierre Salinger: Press Secretary
Young, Ivy League-educated men
Bobby Kennedy: 35 yr. old Attorney General
Robert McNamara: Defense Secretary
Dean Rusk: Secretary of State
McGeorge Bundy: National Security Advisor
Ted Sorensen: speechwriter
Pierre Salinger: Press Secretary
The Kennedy EconomyThe Kennedy Economy
The Reality of JFK’s First Term The Reality of JFK’s First Term
“There’s no sense in raising hell and then not being successful.” -JFK
“There’s no sense in raising hell and then not being successful.” -JFK
Modest achievements?Modest achievements?
Minimum wage:Housing Act of 1961:Federal support for the disabled and
mentally ill: http://news.scotsman.com/johnfkennedy/JFKs-sister-dies-after-60.2593460.jp
Equal Pay Act, 1963:Clean Air Act, 1963:
Minimum wage:Housing Act of 1961:Federal support for the disabled and
mentally ill: http://news.scotsman.com/johnfkennedy/JFKs-sister-dies-after-60.2593460.jp
Equal Pay Act, 1963:Clean Air Act, 1963:
Space… the final frontierSpace… the final frontier
$25 billion invested in the Apollo project
"First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him back safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.”
"No nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space."
"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
$25 billion invested in the Apollo project
"First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him back safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.”
"No nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space."
"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
The problem of civil rightsThe problem of civil rights
Freedom RidersFreedom Riders http://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=5149667 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=5149667
James MeredithJames Meredith
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/milestones/m04_school.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/profiles/22_meredith.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/milestones/m04_school.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/profiles/22_meredith.html
Birmingham, 1963Birmingham, 1963
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/birmingham_1963.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/birmingham_1963.htm
JFK’s civil rights address to the nation: June 11, 1963
JFK’s civil rights address to the nation: June 11, 1963
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcivilrights.htm
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcivilrights.htm
The murder of Medgar Evers: June 12, 1963
The murder of Medgar Evers: June 12, 1963
http://www.biography.com/articles/Medgar-Evers-9542324
http://www.biography.com/articles/Medgar-Evers-9542324
The March on WashingtonThe March on Washington
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html
16th Street Baptist Church bombling; 4 Little Girls murdered; September 15, 1963
16th Street Baptist Church bombling; 4 Little Girls murdered; September 15, 1963
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmjustice3.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmjustice3.html