The Kennedys Chapters

Although America has no royal family, for awhile "The Kennedys" came close. These stories reveal how members of this Irish-American family, and their spouses, impacted the U.S. and its culture during the last part of the 20th century.

Upset, Castro believes the Soviets leave Cuba no real protection against the US once the missiles are withdrawn from Cuba.

Bobby wins the California Democratic primary and gives a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Abraham Zapruder, a local Dallas businessman who is watching President Kennedy's motorcade in Dallas, records the entire shooting.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first major civil rights law since Reconstruction

Neither the Russians nor the US will budge on their positions about Cuba and the missiles.

Russians are installing medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba with enough power to kill 80 million Americans.

An integrated group of whites and blacks, men and women traveled by bus throughout the south to test compliance with the ruling in Boynton v Virginia

While John F. Kennedy is president, his younger brother, Bobby Kennedy, is his Attorney General and trusted advisor.

Nine black high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas waged a successful campaing to attend public shool.

Everyone in and around Dallas knows the motorcade's widely publicized route.

His family buries Kennedy's body in Arlington Cemetery, as a country grieves for the loss of their leader.

JFK makes a secret deal for America to withdraw missiles in Turkey in exchange for Soviet withdrawal of missiles in Cuba.

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