Veteran human rights leader Jeri Laber discussed her new memoir describing her experiences as the founder of Helsinki Watch and her efforts to advance human rights throughout the world.
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TOM PUTNAM: Good evening, everyone. I’m Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and on behalf of Tom McNaught, the Executive Director of the Kennedy Library
Confronting the Terrorist Threat - September 24, 2002
Before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, former Senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman, co-chairs of the US Commission on National Security, warned of the risks of terrorist attacks on US soil
Seeking Common Ground: Civil Rights and Human Rights - September 25, 2002
What lessons can human rights workers throughout the globe learn from the civil rights struggle in the United States? Elaine Jones of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Wade Henderson of the Leadership
James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss. - September 30, 2002
On the fortieth anniversary of the registration of James Meredith as the first black student at the University of Mississippi, Mr. Meredith joins with Kennedy administration officials Burke Marshall
Thirteen Days: An Insider's Perspective - October 1, 2002
Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen discussed the Cuban Missile Crisis as they experienced it as senior advisors to President Kennedy
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Cuban Missile Crisis: An Historical Perspective - October 6, 2002
How do historians now view the missile crisis and what effect did this event have on Cuban-Soviet relations? Historians James Blight, Philip Brenner, Julia Sweig, and Svetlana Savranskaya discussed
Seeking Common Ground: Civil Rights and Human Rights With Harry Belafonte Moderated by Anthony Lewis John F. Kennedy Library and Foundation Challenges at Home and Abroad March 15, 2002 DEBORAH LEFF
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TOM PUTNAM: Good afternoon. I'm Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. On behalf of Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all of
TOM PUTNAM: Good evening. I’m Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. And, on behalf of Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all
TOM PUTNAM: Good evening. I'm Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and on behalf of Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all
TOM PUTNAM: Good evening. You've read the news stories, bought your copies of the book, watched the ABC Primetime special, morning television, and even the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. And now
TOM PUTNAM: Good afternoon. I am Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. On behalf of Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all
TOM PUTNAM: Good evening and welcome. I'm Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and on behalf of Heather Campion, CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all
TOM McNAUGHT: Good evening, everyone, and welcome, especially to this audience tonight who came out on this cold, cold night. As you all know, we were supposed to do this in October, but because of
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AMY MACDONALD: Good afternoon. I'm Amy Macdonald, and on behalf of Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and Tom Putnam, the Director of the Kennedy Library, and all of
TOM PUTNAM: Good evening. I'm Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and on behalf of Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all
TOM McNAUGHT: Good afternoon. I'm Tom McNaught. I'm the Executive Director of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, and on behalf of Tom Putnam, the Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential
TOM McNAUGHT: Good afternoon and welcome. I'm Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and on behalf of Tom Putnam, the Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
TOM PUTNAM: Good afternoon everyone and welcome. I am Tom Putnam Director of the Kenned Library and on behalf of my colleague, Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation and