Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Bernie Sanders By Peter Buttigieg St. Joseph’s High School in South Bend, Indiana In this new century, there are a daunting number of important issues
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Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Governor Russell Peterson: Loyal to Future Generations By Patrick Reilly Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware Beside the Christina River in downtown
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release U.S. Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) By Tyler Boersen Haslett High School in Haslett, Michigan Many associate the word courage with a comic book or
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Governor Howard Dean By Stephanie Dziczek Holmes High School in Covington, Kentucky Americans have rewritten the Declaration of Independence a thousand
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release The Forgotten Floridian: John B. Orr, Jr. By Kevin Kay Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland Throughout the Florida Capitol building, there are
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release New York State Assemblyman George M. Michaels By Emily Ullman Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology in Hackensack, New Jersey In the
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release One Man With Courage Makes a Majority By Michael Sloyer Roslyn High School in Roslyn, New York On August 5, 1964, a NY Times headline read, “President
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Bernard Confer: Courage Within His Community By Avram Sand Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy in New York City, New York For many Americans, cynicism
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Paul V. Gallegos: Courage Under Pressure By Kevin Zhou Monte Vista High School in Danville, California In Humboldt County, California, the Pacific Lumber
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Governor George Ryan By Will Schmidley Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas On January 30, 2000, Governor George Ryan imposed this country’s first
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Ivan Allen, Jr. By Allie Comet Stuyvesant High School in New York, New York In 1956, when John F. Kennedy wrote Profiles in Courage, he asserted that
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Profile In Courage: Senator Hatfield and the Defeat of the Balanced Budget Amendment By Ben Loffredo Fieldston School in Bronx, New York In 1995, Mark
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Ken Hechler: Hell-Raiser in Coal Country By Michael Reed Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts in Chattanooga, Tennessee West Virginia Congressman Ken
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Shirley Chisholm: Challenging the System By Maia Gottlieb Baltimore City College High School in Baltimore, Maryland On January 29th of 1969, Shirley
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release Courage in the Courtroom: Judge Pamela Alexander By Laura Schapiro Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati, Ohio On December 11, 2007, members of the
Profile in Courage Essay Contest Press Release City Councilman Nicholas D'Adamo By Margo Balboni Rockport High School in Rockport, Massachusetts In the league of capital punishment and abortion rights
"We know that it is law which enables men to live together, that creates order out of chaos. We know that law is the glue that holds civilization together. And we know that if one man's rights are
In the 1960 campaign, John F. Kennedy pledged "to get this country moving again," and offered voters a new generation of leadership. He challenged his fellow citizens to join him in the struggle for
The bride, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, is escorted by her groom, Senator John F. Kennedy and Charles Bartlett down the hill at Hammersmith Farm at their wedding reception. Others looking on are Edward
The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award is the nation's most prestigious honor for public servants.
"A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all. Those who do nothing are inviting shame, as well as violence
"There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." — President John F. Kennedy, Berlin, Germany, June 26, 1963 About the Exhibit Ten days after announcing a
Young Jack features artifacts, images and documents showing Jack Kennedy as a boy, a student, a decorated war hero, a young man seeking his life's path. Drawn from the collections of the Kennedy Library, the exhibition presents touchstones of JFK's early life.
The Public Library Museum Pass Program provides an opportunity for communities to offer their residents discounted admission to the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Learn how to participate.
Although Irish Catholics began to play a major role in local and state politics in the latter nineteenth century, the first Catholic to seek a national office was the popular governor of New York, Alfred E. Smith, who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1928. Anti-Catholic prejudice, the fear that a Catholic president would "take orders" from the Pope, insured Smith's defeat. John F. Kennedy quickly discovered that many Americans were still worried that a young Catholic candidate for president would be under the influence of the Catholic Church and that the nation would ultimately be run by the pope in Rome rather than the president in Washington. Some Americans vowed not to support John F. Kennedy for the presidency for this reason. Fear of a government unduly influenced by religious interests was real and seen as a distinct liability for this Catholic candidate. John F. Kennedy finally decided to try to defeat the issue by meeting it head-on, and on September 12, 1960, he spoke before the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in Houston, Texas.