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John F. Kennedy

President Kennedy? RFK Jr. To Announce In Boston 2024 Bid For White House President Kennedy? RFK Jr. To Announce In Boston 2024 Bid For White House
President Kennedy? RFK Jr. To Announce In Boston 2024 Bid For White House There's now a possibility of another Kennedy back in the White House if the political winds blow in the right direction. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - son of the late US Attorney General and New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy - filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for president in the 2024 election, he announced Friday, April 7. The 69-year-old will run as a Democrat, according to his FEC filing. He said that he will officially kick off his campaign in Boston on Wednesday, April 19. “I am grateful for the outpouring of support…
Harvard Dorm's Slave-Owning Namesakes Spark Student Denaming Petition Harvard Dorm's Slave-Owning Namesakes Spark Student Denaming Petition
Harvard Dorm's Slave-Owning Namesakes Spark Student Denaming Petition A group of undergraduate students is making Harvard University stick to its promise to consider requests for name changes of buildings with namesakes who supported "abhorrent" beliefs or actions.  Two student organizations, the Generational African American Students Association of Harvard and Natives at Harvard College, created a petition to dename John Winthrop House, an undergraduate dorm that boasts a history of alumni including John F. Kennedy.  "John Winthrop House is named after two individuals whose ideas and actions would be abhorrent today," read an Instagram post by the two organ…