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    Profiles in Courage describes acts of bravery by eight US Senators who defied their parties to follow their convictions, including on issues related to delaying the Civil War. It profiles Senators like John Quincy Adams who suffered criticism for their unpopular stances. The book highlights the courage and purpose required of leaders to take principled stands."

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    -Profiles in Courage-

    John F. Kennedy
    Who is JFK?
    - 35th president of the U.S.
    - Full Name: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    - Born 29 May 1917 in Boston
    - Parents: Joseph and Rose Kennedy
    - Second oldest of nine
    - Kennedy’s were a wealthy political
    family from Brookline,
    Massachusetts
    Summary
    “A volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight
    United States Senators.”

    “The book focuses intensely on mid-19th-century antebellum America and the


    efforts of senators to delay the American Civil War.”

    “It profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do
    what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity
    because of their actions.”

    Senators profiled: John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Sam Houston, Robert Taft
    “Efforts and courage are
    not enough without
    purpose and direction.”
    Education
    Before High School High School

    - Edward Devotion School - Choate (Wallingford, CT)


    (Brookline) - finishing 64th in a class of 112
    students
    - Noble & Greenough Lower
    - business manager of school
    School (Dedham) yearbook
    - Dexter School (Brookline) - voted the "most likely to succeed"
    - Riverdale Country School
    - Canterbury School (New
    Milford, CT)
    Education (continued)
    College Beyond College
    - Harvard University (1936) - (1941) United States Naval
    - Political philosophy
    - Dean's List junior year
    Reserve
    - Senior Thesis (“Why England Slept”) - Given opportunity to lead and
    - Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in command boats within the
    government, concentrating on Reserve:
    international affairs. - PT 59
    - PT 98
    - Stanford Graduate School of
    - PT 99
    Business - PT 101
    - Eventually left to work with father - PT 109
    Rich Political History
    Brief Family Background

    P.J. Kennedy J.F. Fitzgerald Joseph Kennedy Rose Kennedy


    GRANDFATHER (P) GRANDFATHER (M) FATHER MOTHER

    Massachusetts State Senator U.S. Congressman & Mayor of Chairman of U.S. Securities and Granted rank of Papal countess
    Boston Exchange Commission by Pope Pius XII
    -JFK as a LEADER-
    - Ran against Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
    - Kennedy defeated Lodge by 70,000 votes for
    the Senate seat
    - At the start of his first term, Kennedy focused
    on Massachusetts-specific issues
    - Sponsored bills to help the fishing, textile
    manufacturing, and watchmaking industries

    Senate
    - President Eisenhower's bill for the Civil Rights
    Act of 1957
    - Kennedy cast procedural vote against it.
    - Kennedy authored A Nation of Immigrants
    - Analyzed the importance of immigration in the
    country's history as well as proposals to
    re-evaluate immigration law.
    - (1958) re-elected to a second term in the Senate
    - Took U.S. economy out of recession
    - delivered one of his most famous
    speeches in West Berlin in June 1963.
    - oversaw the launch of the Peace Corps
    (1961)
    - sent young volunteers to

    Presidency underdeveloped countries all over


    the world.
    - Equal Pay Act of 1963
    - Closed gap in women’s pay
    - Preserved Western democracy and
    ultimately avoided nuclear war
    - Negotiated first nuclear weapons treaty
    in history
    "Ich bin ein Berliner" (June 26, 1963)
    -Death & Legacy-
    November 22nd, 1963
    - He and his wife landed in Dallas that morning.
    - From the airfield, they traveled in a motorcade
    to the Dallas Trade Mart
    - a site of one of his speaking
    engagements.
    - Shortly after 12:30 p.m., as the motorcade was

    Assassination
    passing through downtown Dallas, he was
    shot.
    - struck twice (neck and head)
    - pronounced dead shortly after arriving at
    a nearby hospital
    - Lee Harvey Oswald (24 years old Communist)
    was arrested for the killing
    - Was later shot and fatally wounded two
    days later by local nightclub owner Jack
    Ruby while being led to jail.
    - Youngest to ever be elected for
    president
    - Entered presidency during very
    turbulent time in U.S.
    (democracy v. communism)

    Lasting Legacy - Constantly reassured nation’s


    strength
    - Captures a sense of security
    - Advocated for peaceful
    development, showing nation
    that violence isn’t always the
    answer
    WWII Victory Medal
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
    American Campaign Medal

    Awards & Recognition American Defense Service Medal

    1945 1963
    Series of medals (see top right) Presidential Medal of Freedom
    “an especially meritorious contribution to the
    security or national interests of the United
    States, world peace, cultural or other significant
    public or private endeavors”

    1943 1957 1964 (A.D.)


    Navy and Marine Corps Metal Pulitzer Prize Award Jane Addams Children’s Book
    highest non-combat decoration “distinguished biography, Award
    awarded for heroism” autobiography or memoir by an “recognizes children's books of
    American author or co-authors” literary and aesthetic excellence”
    “To be courageous, these stories
    make clear, requires no exceptional
    qualifications, no magic formula, no
    special combination of time, place
    and circumstance.”
    Review

    Profiles in Courage is a first hand depiction of leadership opportunities


    in our world today. It is raw, it is the good and the bad things about
    leadership, and it stressed the importance of passion in leaders.
    Works Cited

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-F-Kennedy

    https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy

    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jfk-legacy/

    https://learnodo-newtonic.com/jfk-accomplishments

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