History and Politics Out Loud Audio

A. Philip Randolph, an elder statesman in the labor movement and key organizer of the 1963 march in Washington, was the long-time leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy marked the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America.

Eulogy for President John F. Kennedy by Chief Justice Earl Warren.

Borne from the mind of a wise and diplomatically skilled visionary, the Marshall Plan was the phoenix on whose wings war ravaged Europe would begin its ascent from the ashes of World War II.

October 19: JFK meets with the secretary of defense, Robert McNamara, and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff before leaving on a scheduled campaign trip to Ohio and Illinois.

Tuesday, October 23: The Organization of American States unanimously supports the U.S. decision to quarantine Cuba and, by the end of the day, all naval vessels are in place. Stunning reconnaissance photos reveal that Soviet missiles are poised for launch.

Sixty years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent to Congress a bill to reorganize the federal judiciary. It was soon dubbed the "court-packing bill." On March 9, 1937, Roosevelt addressed the American public on his plan.

Arthur Goldberg served as Secretary of Labor for President John Kennedy. In this interview, Goldberg describes his experience as part of Kennedy's cabinet.

John Lewis was a radical among the civil rights leadership. His address, remarked the historian Taylor Branch, expressed "scolding, cold-eyed idealism."