Not just a big moment in JFK’s presidency, the University of Alabama’s integration was a landmark in the U.S. civil rights struggle. In this January 2016 conversation, Sharon Malone—sister of Vivian Malone, one of the two students in CRISIS—and her husband, former attorney general Eric Holder, discuss the film and Vivian’s place in history.
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Richard Reeves on the Kennedy Adminis...
Often looked back on through rose-tinted glasses, the Kennedy administration was in fact a tumultuous time, full of missteps and crises. In this December 2015 interview, historian Richard Reeves, author of “President Kennedy: Profile of Power,” discusses John F. Kennedy’s primary campaign and the...
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Drew Associates at the Museum of Tole...
In October 1998, at New York’s Museum of Tolerance, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences premiered restorations of Drew Associates’ Kennedy films. In attendance from Drew Associates were Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker, and Albert Maysles. This 2016 documentary was drawn...
