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Kennedy's speech on the nation's space effort delivered at Rice Stadium on September 12, 1962. The portion of the speech quoted on the left begins at 9:03. On September 12, 1962, a warm and sunny day, President Kennedy delivered his speech before a crowd of about 40,000 people, at Rice University's Rice Stadium. Many individuals in the crowd ...
It was Kennedy's second State of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session was newly elected House speaker John W. McCormack, accompanied by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his capacity as the president of the Senate. Kennedy began his speech with a tribute to former House Speaker Sam Rayburn who had recently died in office:
President_Kennedy's_Speech_at_Rice_University.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 18 min 15 s, 640 × 480 pixels, 1.75 Mbps overall, file size: 228.05 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .
University of Akron President Norman Auburn: “President John F. Kennedy demonstrated all through his lifetime the challenge he expressed in his inaugural address: ‘Ask not what your country ...
English: Video of the National Aeronautic Space Administration's coverage of President John F. Kennedy's address at Rice University, Houston, Texas, concerning the nation's efforts in space exploration. In his speech the President discusses the necessity for the United States to become an international leader in space exploration and famously ...
Robert F. Kennedy's Speech After The Death Of Martin Luther King Jr. This week videos have emerged of two black men being shot and killed by police officers. Alton Sterling was killed on July 5 in ...
Jackie Robinson, a prominent black Republican and skeptic of Kennedy, announced that he would vote to re-elect the President in 1964. [43] The speech also moved Mildred Loving, a black woman married to a white man, to write Robert Kennedy to ask if the administration's legislative proposals would include protection for interracial couples. [56]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized Tuesday after a video was posted online showing part of a private phone call between the independent presidential candidate and Republican former President Donald ...