Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
January 2, 1960
JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.
Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."
Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.
Explore one of the most important grassroots movements of the civil rights era in Solidarity Now: 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. Included with Museum admission.
The main exhibit, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation, is on the Sixth Floor. Special exhibits and public programs are presented on the seventh floor.
Explore one of the most important grassroots movements of the civil rights era in Solidarity Now: 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. Included with Museum admission.
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