peace corps

Then Senator John F. Kennedy on the steps of the Michigan Union. In a short speech, he challenged students to serve in other countries.

Kennedy and the Peace Corps: Idealism on the Ground

Stateside Staff

This documentary orginally aired Oct. 13, 2010. Its critics called it "naive idealism."In the 1950s, the United States' answer to the global spread of…

Arts & Life

50 years of friendship across continents, poverty, and war

Kate Wells

This next story is about an epic friendship between a white, 76-year-old Grand Rapids teacher, and the driven Liberian boy she inspired 50 years ago when…

Then Senator John F. Kennedy speaks to students on the steps of the Michigan Union at 2am on October 14th, 1960.

Arts & Life

Celebrating JFK's Peace Corps speech (with audio)

Mark Brush

Fifty years ago today, people in Ann Arbor, Michigan were anticipating the arrival of then Senator John F. Kennedy. He was on the campaign trail in a…