New Video: Intersecting Lives JFK and LBJ

By Peter Atkinson

John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson: their lives, personalities and careers, with an emphasis on the 60s, the decade of their presidencies.  The principal issues were the cold war, civil rights, Vietnam, and the assassination and its aftermath.  It is a story of two fascinating individuals, with great strengths and deep flaws, leaving their mark on interesting and challenging times.

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