The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics,public service,entertainment,and business. In 1884,35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford,Ireland,Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office,serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member served in federal elective office from 1947,when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts,until 2011,when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination on April 4,1968. A Black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr.,King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi,he led targeted,nonviolent resistance against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination in the United States.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,often referred to as John-John or JFK Jr.,was an American attorney,journalist,and magazine publisher. He was a son of John F. Kennedy,the 35th president of the United States and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy,and a younger brother of U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy. Three days after his father was assassinated,he rendered a final salute during the funeral procession on his third birthday.
Randall Hank Williams,known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus,is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style has been described as a blend of rock,blues,and country. He is the son of country musician Hank Williams and the father of musicians Holly Williams and Hank Williams III,and the grandfather of Coleman Williams.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. Born in 1929,King's actual birthday is January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21.
Samuel George Davis Jr. was an American singer,dancer,actor,comedian,film producer and television director.
John Warnock Hinckley Jr. is an American man who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington,D.C.,on March 30,1981,two months after Reagan's first inauguration. Using a .22 caliber revolver,Hinckley wounded Reagan;police officer Thomas Delahanty;Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy;and White House Press Secretary James Brady,who was left permanently disabled and eventually died due to the extent of his injuries. Hinckley was reportedly seeking fame to impress actress Jodie Foster,with whom he had a fixation. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and remained under institutional psychiatric care for over three decades. Public outcry over the verdict led state legislatures and Congress to narrow their respective insanity defenses.
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats,abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and popularly known as Lakas,was a political party in the Philippines. Its ideology and that of its successor is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy. The party's influence on Philippine society is very strong,especially after the People Power Revolution,which has led the country to elect two presidents from the party,namely Fidel V. Ramos,a United Methodist,and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,a Roman Catholic.
The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservative political party in the Philippines which was founded in 1992 by presidential candidate Danding Cojuangco.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was an American lawyer,politician,and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointed United States Under Secretary of Commerce by President John F. Kennedy. He was appointed as the first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1965 to 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Roosevelt also ran for governor of New York twice. He was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt,and served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II.
Ethel Kennedy is an American human rights advocate. She is the widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy,a sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy,and the sixth child of George Skakel and Ann Brannack. Shortly after her husband's 1968 assassination,Kennedy founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights,a non-profit charity working to reach his goal of a just and peaceful world. In 2014,she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.,also known by his initials RFK Jr.,is an American environmental lawyer,politician,and writer. He is known for advocating anti-vaccine misinformation and public health–related conspiracy theories. He is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2024 presidential election.
Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker,he spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively worked for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the historically disenfranchised. Young was influential in the United States federal government's War on Poverty in the 1960s.
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. was an American historian,social critic,and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a specialist in American history,much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular,his work focused on leaders such as Harry S. Truman,Franklin D. Roosevelt,John F. Kennedy,and Robert F. Kennedy. In the 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns,he was a primary speechwriter and adviser to the Democratic presidential nominee,Adlai Stevenson II. Schlesinger served as special assistant and "court historian" to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963. He wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy administration,from the 1960 presidential campaign to the president's state funeral,titled A Thousand Days:John F. Kennedy in the White House,which won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy,often referred to by his initials JFK and by the nickname Jack,was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the end of his tenure. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War,and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat,Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to his presidency.
Donald John Trump Jr. is an American political activist,businessman,author,and former television presenter. He is the eldest child of Donald Trump,45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021,and his first wife Ivana Trump.
Robert Francis Kennedy,also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby,was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 64th United States attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964,and as a U.S. senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968,when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy,he was a prominent member of the Democratic Party and is an icon of modern American liberalism.
Dacor is a former American manufacturer of scuba diving gear which was founded in 1953 by Sam Davison Jr. in Evanston,Illinois as "The Davison Corporation",from which Dacor was coined by using the initial syllables,"Da" and "cor".
The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino is a liberal political party in the Philippines.
Surangel S. Whipps Jr. is a Palauan businessman and politician,who has served as the president of Palau since 2021. He served as senator from 2008 to 2016. He is from Ngatpang state,Republic of Palau. Whipps assumed office as the President of Palau on 21 January 2021.
