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Some say his presidency would not have looked significantly different from that of his successor Lyndon Baines Johnson, who decided not to run for re-election after little more than one turbulent and controversial term in office.
Others, however, argue that Kennedy had embarked on a course that would have fundamentally changed the direction of the United States and the entire world.
Join the Durham Museum for another noon lecture, titled, “The Kennedy Assassination: History’s Greatest Turning Point?” as Smithsonian scholar and professor Peter Kuznick, Ph.D., takes a fresh look at this extraordinary period of U.S. history.
Dr. Kuznick will examine what Kennedy and his advisers — who David Halberstam touted as “the best and the brightest” — learned from the crises of the early administration, possible motives for the assassination, and conjecture where Kennedy’s leadership would have led the country had he lived.
The lecture — which will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at noon in the College of Nursing, Room 1010 — is offered through the Time Travelers partnership.
The partnership provides free museum admission for medical center employees, students and their immediate family with valid identification, while also offering lectures, workshops and other events on the medical center campus.
Dr. Kuznick is associate professor of history and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University in Washington. He currently is in his second three-year term as Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.
Dr. Kuznick has lectured and written extensively on the 1960s. Dr. Kuznick also has also written two, soon-to-be-released documentary films on the 1960s — one focused on the early Cold War and the other about the Kennedy years — in collaboration with Hollywood producer Oliver Stone.
Employees are encouraged to bring their lunches to Dr. Kuznick’s presentation.