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final session of the symposium on "Poetry and Politics" to mark the centenary of the birth of JFK and the anniversary of his speech at the speakers at wooden table in front of projection screen. Red carpet. Attendees in tiered seating on the other three sides of the room https://www.amherst.edu/news/events/calendar/node/692479 The symposium took place in Converse Hall, the College library prior to the construction of the new Frost Library nearby

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final session of the symposium on "Poetry and Politics" to mark the centenary of the birth of JFK and the anniversary of his speech at the speakers at wooden table in front of projection screen. Red carpet. Attendees in tiered seating on the other three sides of the room https://www.amherst.edu/news/events/calendar/node/692479 The symposium took place in Converse Hall, the College library prior to the construction of the new Frost Library nearby
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Jim Wald (citizenwald@historians.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 23:41:36 JST Jim Wald
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#JFK was assassinated OTD 1963. His last public speech, delivered a month earlier at the groundbreaking for Robert #Frost #Library, Amherst College, is considered one of his greatest.
Best known for its soaring praise of the artist in society and the call to measure a nation's greatness by its culture rather than power alone, it in fact began with a plea for educated elites to recognize their privilege and "to put back into our society."
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https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/historic-speeches/remarks-at-amherst-college-on-the-arts

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