John F. Kennedy a visionary, “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what can you do for your country” bringing everyone together as one, impacting people to have a better understanding of their country. If America’s history has shown us anything it is that our future is a reflection of our past leaders.

It has been about 13 years since I started getting into my countries history. The 8^th grade is when I got into my history class we had to write a report of Americas hard times and visionaries. Sitting at my computer wondering what I could write about, one person came to mind, “John F. Kennedy”.

I started to wonder in what ways he changed things, searching for research and articles about him, inspiring many powerful people such as Martin Luther king Jr. which caused many civil right movements. Although we were taught about MLK and JFK it never really dawned on me until now how much of an impact they each had. Time went backwards as if memories of all the movements and segregation people went through drinking from different water fountains, going to different schools. Seeing how people tried to break there spirits and hopes, but even then people stood up and fought for what they believed in, all because of John F. Kennedy who wanted civil rights, an icon for all Americans past, present and future.

An admirable man when he was growing in the ladder of politics he didn’t forget the American people, achieving dreams and hopes, one day I hope to grow the ladder of success and be and inspiration for further generations. Kennedy has inspired me to continue my goals in life an that I could help change someone else’s life while following mine.

I would agree with all the things President Kennedy did, I would have done the same thing as anyone else would if they felt strongly about this situation. John F. Kennedy was a man of success and a man of the people. He has inspired me to see my life in a new way and try to show many people in the future the importance of civil rights. John f, Kennedy opened new doors for me and others, though a horrible tragedy happened, which made people realize that they will be able to overcome this and go on what John F. Kennedy wanted.

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

Citations

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John F. Kennedy. Washington: Peter Schwab, Ph.D and J. Lee Shneidman, Ph.D. Print.

John F. Kennedy Interview. Web. 3 Sept. 2009. .