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President Kennedy speaks at the "cage" (basketball and indoor sports arena) at Amherst College; dark setting, few lights Kennedy at a lectern with the presidential seal behind a ble rectangular metal railing Amherst College faculty in academic robes at side and rear, applauding glimpse of audience in foreground

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President Kennedy speaks at the "cage" (basketball and indoor sports arena) at Amherst College; dark setting, few lights Kennedy at a lectern with the presidential seal behind a ble rectangular metal railing Amherst College faculty in academic robes at side and rear, applauding glimpse of audience in foreground
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Jim Wald (citizenwald@historians.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 09:50:30 JST Jim Wald

John F, Kennedy--assassinated 22 Nov. 1963--gave his last major address here @AmherstCollege a month earlier. It is famed for is praise of the role of the artist in society
Few know the opening: on #college & income #inequality: "Privilege is here..."
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