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Lockdown Lecture, 26.2.24: THE GOLDEN BOY: JFK

Kennedy 1917-63


  • A legend in his own lifetime, but does the legend still glow as bright today?

  • Family background and early life

  • Becoming President with a Nation's hopes resting on his shoulders

  • The Court of Camelot: The legend begins

  • The reality of The Cold War: Cuba, Space, and Vietnam

  • Civil Rights Movement

  • Assassination and conspiracy theories

  • The afterlife of the legend

  • Our Verdict?


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