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Nuclear Test Ban, 22
    civil rights, 107–16, 286
    in Birmingham, 111–12, 114, 115, 161, 172–73, 174, 180–81, 184, 188–89, 227, 233, 246
    FEPC, 114, 115, 234, 269
    Freedom Riders, 111
    and the Golden Rule, 315
    “I have a dream . . . ,” 108–9
    JFK’s speeches on, 8–9, 10–11, 77, 107
    leaders in the movement, 24
    legislation, 24, 29, 107–8, 109, 111–14, 115–16, 155, 178, 180–82, 190, 195, 210, 223, 233, 234, 249, 255, 268–70, 274–75, 301, 311, 320, 354, 355, 356, 361, 362
    March on Washington, 107–9, 114
    military integrated, 110, 181, 190
    Northern liberals vs., 113, 155, 270, 274–75
    and race riots, 181
    and reelection, 320–21
    school desegregation, 8, 111, 190, 301
    Southern Democrats vs., 112–13
    Southern Strategy (GOP) vs., 270
    voting rights, 111
    “We Shall Overcome,” 108
    White House meeting with leaders, 109, 113–16
    Clark, Blair, 108
    Clifford, Clark, 27, 30, 275–76, 358–59
    Clifton, Chester, 49, 70, 121, 138, 147, 287
    Cohen, Eugene, 34, 35, 36–38, 39
    Coit, Margaret, 84–86, 354
    Colby, William, 271
    cold war:
    and arms race, 8, 13, 103, 158, 164–68, 301
    and Berlin, 58, 89, 165, 217, 250, 284, 290, 358, 360
    containment in, 268
    and Cuba,
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Cuba
    and détente, 30, 93–95, 101–2, 104–5, 160, 165, 183, 215, 221, 226–27, 239, 253, 303, 321, 349, 354
    and disarmament, 103
    domino theory in, 55, 56, 58, 60, 158
    four safeguards in, 23
    nuclear threat in, 7–8, 9, 10, 18, 57, 58, 93, 158, 164–66, 197, 198, 215, 217, 239, 251, 293
    prevention, 100–101
    and space race,
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space race
    test ban treaty, 9, 13, 21–23, 28–29, 30–31, 49, 77, 80, 81, 88, 93, 99–101, 104, 158–60, 165, 194, 196, 197, 198–200, 211, 214–16, 225–27, 238, 239, 284–85, 354, 362
    U.S. first strike in, 165–66
    and Vietnam, 55–57
    Committee Against the Treaty of Moscow, 99
    Conein (CIA officer), 281
    Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 8
    Connally, John, 95, 359
    and JFK’s Texas tour, 211–12, 321, 330, 344
    and Johnson, 330, 334–35
    and motorcade, 332, 344–45
    and Yarborough, 321, 330, 333, 334–35, 341–42
    Coolidge, Calvin, 149, 194
    Cooper, Chester, 208
    Cooper, Gordon, 305, 334
    Cormier, Frank, 185–86
    Cousins, Norman, 9–10, 22, 93–94
    Cowan, Jill, 83
    Crespi, Countess Vivian Stokes, 185
    Cronkite, Walter, 135–37, 143, 158, 270–71, 347, 359
    Crosby, Bing, 201
    Cuba:
    Bay of Pigs,
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Bay of Pigs
    exiles from, 18–19, 191–92, 285, 290–91, 312
    Guantánamo Bay, 96
    and JFK’s death, 348–49, 357–58
    Khrushchev’s visit to, 102
    secret U.S. negotiations with, 183–84, 190–92, 251, 283–84, 315–16, 321–22, 327–28, 354
    Soviet missiles in, 6, 7, 10, 18, 38, 59, 88, 91, 93, 95, 97–98, 121, 133, 134, 150, 151, 159, 197, 225, 251–52, 360
    as Soviet problem, 251, 290
    U.S. naval blockade of, 59, 97, 184, 215, 290–91, 327
    and U.S. terrorist plans, 94–98
    Curry, Jesse, 344
    Cushing, Cardinal Richard, 19, 287
    Custer, George Armstrong, 199
    Daar, Aden, 206
    Daley, Richard, 269, 347
    Dallas:
    anniversary of, 356
    as dangerous place, 210, 212, 253, 255, 283, 325, 330, 339
    JFK’s planned trip to, 212, 247, 255, 283, 316, 324, 325
    JFK urged to skip, 210, 211, 253, 255, 283, 301, 324, 327, 347
    Kennedys’ visit to, 342–46
    memories of, 128
    Stevenson’s visit to, 253, 254, 255, 283, 301, 325, 347
    Dallas, Rita, 152
    Dalton, Mark, 16, 131
    Daniel, Jean, 250–52, 255, 291, 315, 321, 327, 357
    Daniel, Price, 330
    Darlington, Charles, 329
    Daw Mya Sein, 228
    Dealey, Ted, 339
    Decker, Bill, 344
    Decker, George, 58
    de Gaulle, Charles, 101, 128, 237, 241, 250–51, 255, 349
    de Kooning, Elaine, JFK portraits by, ix–xi, xiii, 326, 327, 350, 362
    de Kooning, Willem, ix
    DeLoach, Cartha, 262
    Democratic National Committee (DNC), 291
    De Niro, Robert, Sr., ix
    Desta, Ruth, 205–6
    Dickerson, Nancy, 65, 67, 228–29
    Diem, Ngo Dinh, 136–37
    and Buddhists, 76, 78, 136, 137
    and Cable 243, 90–91, 92, 105–6, 117, 270, 271
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