Authors: John F. Kennedy

1945–1989

Record of Meeting During the Cuban Missile Crisis

PARTICIPANTS Secretary Rusk Under Secretary Ball Ambassador Thompson Deputy Under Secretary Johnson Assistant Secretary Martin Leonard C. Meeker Secretary Dillon Secretary McNamara Deputy Secretary Gilpatric Assistant Secretary Nitze General Taylor

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1945–1989

Executive Order 10925

Establishing The President’s Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity WHEREAS discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin is contrary to the Constitutional principles and policies of the United States;

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1945–1989

Inaugural Address (1961)

Source: John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961. Available at https://goo.gl/tYv9zJ. We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom – symbolizing an end as

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