John F. Kennedy's North Carolina campaign / John Allen Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, John Allen., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--1960--Pictorial works.

Presidents.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Kennedy, John F.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., 2012.

Summary:

On September 17, 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for president, flew to Greenville for a campaign rally on the campus of East Carolina College. Kennedy’s ECC rally was part of a marathon daylong blitz that continued statewide through Greensboro and Charlotte. The campaign intended to go as far west as Asheville but due to inclement weather concluded with dinner at the governor’s mansion in Raleigh and a rally at Reynolds Coliseum. With photographs as key primary sources, John F. Kennedy’s North Carolina Campaign explores what happened that day, why it happened, and its significance in North Carolina’s political history. While the book focuses on the East Carolina College rally, which was the first of the day, Kennedy’s subsequent rallies ultimately bore statewide and national significance, making it impossible to examine only one stop without contextualizing it in relation to the remainder.

Contents:

Overtures

Pitt-Greenville Airport

Farmers warehouse

The Greenville motorcade

East Carolina College Stadium

Greensboro Airport rally

Charlotte

Raleigh

Celebration and tragedy.

OCLC:

885208178