American Experience (1988)

S25E8 JFK (Part 2)

The final chapter explores John F. Kennedy’s presidency, from the Bay of Pigs disaster and the tense Cuban Missile Crisis to his cautious approach on civil rights and his fateful decision to visit Dallas on November 22, 1963, to rally support for his reelection. Kennedy administration officials John Seigenthaler, Thomas Hughes, and Harris Wofford, alongside civil-rights leaders Andrew Young and Julian Bond, and journalists Evan Thomas and Richard Reeves, weigh the triumphs and shortcomings of his time in office.