Sorensen: How Congress Blocked JFK's Civil Rights Agenda
Commonwealth Club - The Commonwealth Club of California
As special counsel to the president, Theodore Sorensen had an intimate professional and personal relationship with JFK unlike any of his colleagues. Breaking his decades of silence, he gives an inside look at the legacy of the Camelot era, when some of the most important decisions in American history were made.Sorensen recounts in thrilling detail his experience advising JFK through some of the most dramatic moments in American history, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, the decision to go to the moon, and his significant input into JFK's most important speeches.