JFK's Iconic Speech on Arts and Politics (1962) | The Kennedy Center
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- On November 29, 1962, President and Mrs. Kennedy spoke at a fundraising dinner for a National Cultural Center that would become known as "The Kennedy Center." The event, called "An American Pageant of the Arts," was broadcast live across the U.S. via closed-circuit hookup.
Leonard Bernstein served as master of ceremonies for an evening that included appearances by Marian Anderson, Van Cliburn, Robert Frost, Danny Kaye, Bob Newhart, Harry Belafonte, and a young Yo-Yo Ma.
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“Art is political in the most profound sense,” the president stated, “not as a weapon in the struggle, but as an instrument of understanding of the futility of struggle between those who share man’s faith.”
Two months after President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, Congress passed and President Johnson signed into law legislation renaming the National Cultural Center as a "living memorial" to John F. Kennedy.
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Not just fine words but pure logic, spoken at a time of extreme crisis. Its a measure of his greatness that this is one of his lesser known speeches internationally.
a political leader who understood the importance of art. makes me want to cry.
Great speech once again from this man, whose legacy lives on and on and on....Those who were responsible for his death will be forever forgotten, not their victim though.
Superb speech - could you imagine hearing something like this today? To educate and enlighten citizens who may not know the works of the Greeks? Who may have never heard these wise quotes or know these artists? So much is education. And, today, far too much is the lowest common denominator. We were a beacon then to the world. I hope we can be so again.
What an articulate elegant speaker. What a huge loss to America and the world.
Kennedy proved his greatness by something he said in this speech. He, in the midst of a Cold War with Russia that threatened the very existence of humanity, mentioned the great Russian writers, such as Tolstoy. He was never willing to dehumanize the fathers and sons who very well could have someday taken up arms against America.
America’s last President.
What a man
I like this guy
358 days later (November 22, 1963), President Kennedy would be assassinated in Dallas.
The Mona Lisa, Beethoven, Da Vinci, Baroness Blixen, Mark Twain, Margot Fontaine, Rudolf Nureyev, Honoré de Balzac, Ravindranath Tagore, each one of them bringing solace, insight and beauty to all of us… regardless of time and space. R.I.P. President JFKennedy.
Never heard this before. That hit pretty hard
Just incredible and inspiring
Mr. Stevens, Mrs. Gardner, Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, ladies and gentlemen:
❤We Reamain Faithfully To Beloved JFK's Ideals & On His Living Memorial ❤BEKSUIS ❤
Who is watching this in 1962?
I think the idealism with which American politics was identified the world over, notwithstanding a few lapses, died along with JFK that sunny morning on 22nd November 1963
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Thank you for making available what is arguably Kennedy's greatest speech. Let's hope it becomes better known. Does anyone know who wrote it? Sorensen?
These Clone High cosplays are getting out of control