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Speeches, documents, photographs and an activity guide your exploration of the space program in the Kennedy administration.

Bibliographies of excellent books about American history for elementary and middle school students. Check out the guidelines for selecting high quality books.

Letters and telegrams from key figures help tell the story of the civil rights movement during the Kennedy years. Documents included are from James Farmer, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young Jr.

What's it like to meet the press? See how Press Secretary Pierre Salinger helped JFK, and find out what happened at actual press conferences.

1963: The Struggle for Civil Rights brings pivotal events of the civil rights movement to life through more than 230 primary sources, ranging from film footage of the March on Washington and letters from youth advising the president to JFK’s landmark address to the American people and secret recordings of behind-the-scenes negotiations on civil rights legislation.