JFK - Accepts the Democratic Nomination for President

At the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles - on the 15th of July, 1960 - John F. Kennedy accepts the nomination of his party (on the first ballot) to run for President in November of that year.

He calls for a “New Frontier,” his successor to the “New Deal” (of Franklin Roosevelt) and the “Fair Deal” (of Harry Truman).

Credits

Clip of JFK’s acceptance speech, courtesy Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.  Online, courtesy Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.