Reappraising Jackie Kennedy
In 1962, a Post reporter shared her impression of the First Lady on her trip to India.
In 1962, a Post reporter shared her impression of the First Lady on her trip to India.
In 1968, one of the Post’s editors gave his thoughts on the departed Robert F. Kennedy, who had just been assassinated during his campaign for president.
It was nothing less than a nation’s patriotic determination to fulfill President Kennedy’s brazen pledge that got us to the moon 50 years ago.
It’s high time we recognized Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the little-known dynamo who used her wits, her father’s fortune, and her powerful brothers’ influence to transform Americans’ attitudes toward the intellectually disabled. From the January/February 2019 issue.
American elections have consistently revealed the dark side of democracy.
The Post visited Robert Kennedy and his clan in Hyannis Port in 1967, and he shared his thoughts on student unrest and his brother’s legacy.
Two very different portraits of JFK by Post artists are an expression of the great social change of the 1960s.
More files regarding JFK’s assassination are soon to be declassified. More theories are sure to follow.
Moviegoers are revisiting the charming and enigmatic Jacqueline Kennedy in the new film, Jackie. Natalie Portman‘s portrayal moved us to share this powerful 1963 article from the Post, where Jimmy Breslin captures the first lady in a Dallas emergency room moments after President Kennedy was assassinated.
This week, Bob Sassone looks at a departed actor, a returned astronaut, a Fuller House, an old cookie, some new pants, and more.
Less than a year before he would be assassinated, a vibrant young Robert F. Kennedy chatted with the Post about upcoming challenges and his ideas for the future.
Many Americans only got their first look at Jackie during the inaugural ceremonies, but her fashion sense and unflappable poise soon made her one of the country’s most admired first ladies.
It’s hard to remember that John F. Kennedy faced serious obstacles in his bid for the presidency. Don’t miss part two of our series “Reconstructing Kennedy.”
In the years following the death of President Kennedy, many people often spoke of his presidency as an idyllic time. They dubbed those pre-assassination days as “Camelot,” a noble, idyllic but ultimately doomed kingdom.
The 35th president completed only three years of his term and left behind a pile of unfinished projects and unraveling plans. Yet Americans consistently rank him among our greatest presidents. Archivist Jeff Nilsson explains why we still love JFK.
Fifty years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, read about him as he was seen in his time, before a half century of re-evaluation, criticism, and second-guessing.