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Title: Richard Goodwin interview, 1988 October
Creator: Goodwin, Richard N
Contributor: Martinson, Connie
Date Created and/or Issued: 1988-10
Publication Information: The Drucker Institute
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Connie Martinson Talks Books
Rights Information: All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute, https://www.drucker.institute/about/drucker-archives/
Description: Richard Goodwin discusses his book, “Remembering America.” Goodwin served as a speechwriter for both President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He begins this interview by discussing the changing role of speechwriters from the Roosevelt administration through the 1980s. He goes on to discuss his impressions of both Kennedy and Johnson and their administrations. He also discusses his involvement in Latin American politics and how it lead to his removal from Kennedy’s inner circle. Towards the end of the interview Goodwin shares his memories of Kennedy’s assassination.
Type: moving image
Format: video/f4v
00:27:46
Identifier: cmt00173
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cmt/id/192
Language: English
Subject: United States - Politics and government - 1963-1969
United States - Politics and government - 1961-1963
Goodwin, Richard N
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Time Period: Twentieth century
Place: United States
Source: U-matic tape
Relation: Connie Martinson Talks Books - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cmt

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