As part of its commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the March on Washington and other historical events marking the nation s struggle for civil rights, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum is also offering two new special, temporary exhibits this summer on Leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement and John F. Kennedy and the African Independence Movement. Drawing primarily on documents taken from the Library s Archives, the first of the new exhibits chronicles the leadership role of seven black civil rights leaders in 1963 as told through letters, telegrams and other communications to and from President Kennedy. The Museum s other new exhibit celebrates the use of diplomatic occasions by President and Mrs. Kennedy to promote and spotlight the African Independence Movement. The presidential library, which was built with the private donations of more than 36 million people worldwide, is the nation s official memorial to John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum is open daily from 9-5.
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