Explore the 1960s Through the Personal Lens of Doris Kearns Goodwin

Explore the 1960s Through the Personal Lens of Doris Kearns Goodwin

Join The Sixth Floor Museum for an exclusive lunch and learn experience featuring the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin! In a bespoke setting which befits the historic significance of her work, join the world-renowned author as she discusses her latest publication, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, a reflection of life with her late husband, Richard Goodwin. With seating limited to just over 100 attendees, you will want to secure your spot today!

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The author’s work weaves together biography, memoir, and history, drawing from saved letters, diaries, and memorabilia that offer a personal view of the 1960s including memories of John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, and especially Lyndon Johnson. Local historian Talmage Boston will lead the conversation with the author bringing a pivotal era of American history to life through her personal narrative. Reserve your seat today for this exclusive engagement featuring the #1 New York Times Best-Selling author, Doris Kearns Goodwin and experience firsthand where history meets a journey of personal discovery.

Program tickets include a light lunch and a copy of the book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s. Tickets do not include Museum admission.

Museum members receive discounted ticket pricing, contact membership@jfk.org to learn more.

11:00 a.m. | Check-In and Lunch Reception

12:00 p.m. | Program Begins

Ticket Price: $75

About the Author

Doris Kearns Goodwin is a presidential historian, international keynote speaker, Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times #1 best-selling author and a partner in Pastimes Productions. Her eighth book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, will be published on April 16, 2024. Artfully weaving together biography, memoir and history, this new book takes readers on the emotional journey Doris and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life as they delved into more than 300 boxes of letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia that Dick had saved for more than fifty years. They soon realized they had before them an unparalleled personal time capsule of the 1960s, of the events and pivotal figures of the decade—John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy and especially Lyndon Johnson. She served as an assistant to President Johnson in his last year in the White House and later assisted him in the preparation of his memoirs. Goodwin has served as a consultant for PBS and History Channel documentaries as well as for filmmaker Ken Burns, and she frequently appears on NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, FOX and CNN. Goodwin earned a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University.