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Peace Corps
Watch JFK announce the creation of the Peace Corps, 3/1/61. See volunteers in action, working for peace.
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What Can I Do?
Read a letter from Jackie Marie Cipiti, 2/7/61. Like many young people, she wanted to volunteer for the new Peace Corps.
Courtesy John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Off to Africa
Watch JFK send off the Peace Corps’ first volunteers to suffering African nations. From the White House steps he thanks them.
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Ask Not
JFK became the 35th President on 1/20/61. Watch JFK deliver a call to action in his inaugural address.
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No CIA!
Listen to a 1963 phone call between JFK and Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps. Keep the CIA out of it!
Courtesy John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
One of Many
The first Peace Corps volunteers worked in farming, education, and health. This photo is of one original volunteer in action.
Courtesy John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
