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Kennedy Years Vexed by Cold War Crises and Civil Rights
A sweeping portrait of John F Kennedy’s presidency detailing the Cuban missile crisis, Laos and Vietnam tensions, Berlin stand, civil rights battles from Freedom Riders to Ole Miss, and economic clashes with U S Steel, plus space race milestones and landmark reforms. The account highlights key figures like Khrushchev, Castro, Meredith, Wallace, and Kennedy’s push for civil rights legislation and a broad tax plan.
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Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Khruschev
Africa
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
de Gaulle
United States
Khrushchev
Cuba
Free World
United Nations
Castro
U.S
Washington
Organization of American States
Dean Rusk
U Thant
Kremlin
State Department
U. N
U. S
Turkey
Anastas I. Mikoyan
U.S. Navy
James B. Donovan
New York
Miami
Orange Bowl
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Adenauer
West
East Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
White House
Soviet Union
Freedom Riders
Alabama
Anniston
Birmingham
Montgomery
Greyhound
Robert F. Kennedy
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Meredith
Ole Miss
Congress
Washington Monument
Constitution Ave
Lincoln Memorial
Assembly
Arthur J. Goldberg
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel
Blough
FBI
Defense Department
United States Steel
Senate
House
Edward M
Teddy) Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy Brothers
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives