MLK & RN: Creating a More Just Society
A version of this story ran Martin Luther King Day 2013: VP Nixon with MLK in 1957 “Let me say how deeply grateful all people of goodwill are to you […]
‘Checkers’ at 61
September 23 marks the 61st anniversary of one of the most consequential and precedent-setting speeches in U.S. history: Richard Nixon’s much-famed Checkers Speech. Not only did this speech ensure 39 […]
The Long Battle for the ERA and Constitutional Equality
In 1921, Alice Paul of the National Women’s Party drafted the Equal Rights Amendment for constitutional gender equality. The original version read: Men and women shall have equal rights throughout […]
Would the Sunnylands Summit be Happening had it not been for RN?
RN and PN with Walter and Leonore Annenberg at La Casa Pacifica in 1969. No it would not, on two counts; first, that it was RN’s diplomatic appointment of Annenberg […]
RN on President Eisenhower
Yesterday, C-SPAN’s American History TV aired an unedited excerpt of RN’s 1991 interview with independent producer George Coburn about his recollections as Vice President to President Eisenhower. RN discussed Ike’s […]
In Khrushchev’s Kitchen
As apart of the opening tour of the Richard Nixon Centennial exhibit, Patriot. President. Peacemaker Friday, youngsters from the local Boys and Girls Club learned about Vice President Nixon’s trip […]
The Eisenhower Rule
The challenge facing Mitt Romney right now is a challenge every presidential candidate has faced: the selection of a running mate. President Nixon had the unique experience of being on […]
The Kitchen Debate
September 23, 1959: Vice President Nixon squares off with Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev.
