John F. Kennedy was a president that will never be forgotten. He was the man who stopped what could have been one of the deadliest wars without ever shooting a single bullet. He used his incredible persuasion skills to get the Soviets to take the missiles out of Cuba, saving the world from nuclear war.
John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was one of nine children. His dad, Joseph Kennedy, was born in 1888, and became extremely rich off of the stock market after WWI. His mother, Rose Fitzgerald, was born in 1890. Kennedy was a mediocre student, mainly because he was more interested in sports and women. Because of his “handsome appearance” and his radiant smile, he was very popular with all of his classmates. …show more content…
were one of the first two people to start advocating everyone's civil rights. From 1955 to 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott that ended segregated busses in Montgomery, Alabama. After this took place, Brown vs. Board of Education took place in 1954, when James T. Brown sued the Board of Education ("Civil Rights Movement - John F. Kennedy Library and Museum."). Brown thought schools should not be segregated. Then in 1957, segregation, very slowly, started to fade out of schools. In that same year, President Eisenhower ordered National Guard troops to enforce desegregation of Little Rock. In 1960, a famous picture and a part of American History took place. Four black students sat at the counter at Woolworth’s and asked to be served. When they were denied service, the students sat there until they were served. In the next few months, over 50,000 people joined in the protests. Two years later, JFK and his brother escorted the first black student to enroll at a formerly white school. After all of these events took place, segregation was diminished in schools. This was one of JFK’s greatest accomplishments ("Civil Rights Movement - John F. Kennedy Library and
John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was one of nine children. His dad, Joseph Kennedy, was born in 1888, and became extremely rich off of the stock market after WWI. His mother, Rose Fitzgerald, was born in 1890. Kennedy was a mediocre student, mainly because he was more interested in sports and women. Because of his “handsome appearance” and his radiant smile, he was very popular with all of his classmates. …show more content…
were one of the first two people to start advocating everyone's civil rights. From 1955 to 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott that ended segregated busses in Montgomery, Alabama. After this took place, Brown vs. Board of Education took place in 1954, when James T. Brown sued the Board of Education ("Civil Rights Movement - John F. Kennedy Library and Museum."). Brown thought schools should not be segregated. Then in 1957, segregation, very slowly, started to fade out of schools. In that same year, President Eisenhower ordered National Guard troops to enforce desegregation of Little Rock. In 1960, a famous picture and a part of American History took place. Four black students sat at the counter at Woolworth’s and asked to be served. When they were denied service, the students sat there until they were served. In the next few months, over 50,000 people joined in the protests. Two years later, JFK and his brother escorted the first black student to enroll at a formerly white school. After all of these events took place, segregation was diminished in schools. This was one of JFK’s greatest accomplishments ("Civil Rights Movement - John F. Kennedy Library and