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,activist,and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 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 the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination.
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 President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
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. He is also the half brother of Jett Williams.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement,which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States.
Samuel George Davis Jr. was an American singer,actor,comedian and dancer.
John Warnock Hinckley Jr. is an American former convict who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington,D.C.,on March 30,1981,two months after Reagan's first inauguration. Using a revolver,Hinckley wounded Reagan,police officer Thomas Delahanty,Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and White House Press Secretary,James Brady. Brady was left disabled.
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 and Ann Skakel. Shortly after her husband's assassination in 1968,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. She is the oldest living member of the Kennedy family.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.,also known by his initials RFK Jr.,is an American politician,environmental lawyer,anti-vaccine activist,and conspiracy theorist. He is the chairman and founder of Children's Health Defense,an anti-vaccine advocacy group that is a leading proponent of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation,and an independent candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election. A member of the Kennedy family,he is a son of the U.S. attorney general and senator Robert F. Kennedy,and a nephew of the U.S. president John F. Kennedy and the senator Ted Kennedy.
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.
Donald John Trump Jr.,often called Don Jr.,is an American businessman. He is the eldest child of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Trump.
Robert Francis Kennedy,also known by his initials RFK,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.
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.
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas is a national political party in the Philippines. It is chaired by Bongbong Marcos,president of the Philippines who won by a landslide in the 2022 election. During the run-up to the 2022 general election,the UniTeam Alliance was formed by the PFP,Lakas–CMD,HNP,and PMP,with guest candidates from other parties.
The 2024 United States presidential election in Georgia is scheduled to take place on Tuesday,November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Georgia voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Georgia has 16 electoral votes in the Electoral College,following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which it neither gained nor lost a seat. Georgia is considered to be a crucial swing state in 2024.
