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2 days ago · In an address to a Joint Session of Congress on May 25, 1961 to deliver a special message on "urgent national needs," President Kennedy asked for an additional $7 billion to $9 billion over the next five years for the space program, proclaiming that “this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing ...
Mississippi John Hurt (1960s) John recorded one album in 1928 and went back to farming. Over the decades, unknown to him, he became a legend that no one knew what happened to. A mystery until he was rediscovered in the 60s. The Library of Congress had him record all his songs.
2 days ago · Recorded October 1931. Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover ...
Library of Congress. Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. 19053 Mt. Pony Road. Culpeper, VA 22701-7551. The Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper, VA and the Mary Pickford Theater at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC programs screenings year round.
22 hours ago · Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
4 days ago · Description. CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) motion picture excerpt of President John F. Kennedy delivering a Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs in the House of Representatives chamber, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. This is not the President's full address.
3 days ago · Mississippi: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources – Primary Source Set. MS.8 Evaluate the role of Mississippi in the Civil Rights Movement. 1. Analyze the significant figures, groups, and events of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi (e.g., Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, James Meredith, Fannie Lou Hamer, etc.). 2.
