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One Step from Nuclear War

The Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm), meeting in the White House Cabinet Room, sorted through intelligence and advised…

President Kennedy expressing support for the space program.

Audio recording of President John F. Kennedy’s radio and television address to the nation regarding the former Soviet Union’s military presence in…

The Cuban missile crisis : President Kennedy's address to the nation, October 22, 1962

This document contains a transcript of President Kennedy's speech addressing the Cuban Missile Crisis. It details the aftermath as well as the effect…

When President Kennedy was briefed early on in the Cuban Missile Crisis, he used this map to make annotations of the locations of some of the missile…

Cuban Missile Crisis Gift Calendar given to JBK by JFK

A silver-plated wooden paperweight calendar given to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy from President John F. Kennedy to mark the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 41.3. End of Cuban Missile Crisis

A conversation between President John F. Kennedy and former President Harry S. Truman about ending the Cuban Missile Crisis and dealing with Soviet…

Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Soviet Arms Build-up in Cuba, 22 October 1962

An audio recording of John F. Kennedy's radio and television address about the Soviet weapons and military presence in Cuba. Check source for the link…

Radio and Television Remarks on the Dismantling of Soviet Missile Bases in Cuba, 2 November 1962

An audio recording of President John F. Kennedy giving a televised speech about the conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

"The Rights of Man, American style"

Black man is in chains with the caption: "Rights of Man - American style"