A chronicle of John F. Kennedy's life, including his youth, ascension into politics, presidency, and his lasting impact on history.
11/18/2023
Kennedy navigates his formative years, including his time in school, relationship with his family, and his early interests in history and politics.
When the United States joins the war against Nazi Germany and Japan, Kennedy volunteers for the Navy and is deployed to the Pacific.
Coming home after the Second World War, Kennedy begins a career in politics, running for the House of Representatives in Massachusetts.
11/19/2023
Kennedy embarks on an unprecedented 5-year campaign for the presidency, revolutionizing modern campaigning and the use of television.
The youngest president ever elected, Kennedy faces the height of the Cold War and a national civil rights crisis.
After nuclear weapons are placed 90 miles from the Florida coast in Cuba, Kennedy faces his ultimate trial, the most dangerous moment in human history.
11/20/2023
Bringing the country back from the brink of nuclear war, Kennedy pursues diplomacy with the Soviets and decides to address civil rights in a way no president has before: as a moral issue.
The final months of John F. Kennedy's life and the legacy he left behind.
