Speaker Profiles

Edward M. Kennedy

Edward M. Kennedy

senator, D-MA
Edward M. Kennedy was the third longest-serving member of the United States Senate in American history. Voters of Massachusetts elected him to the Senate nine times: a record matched by only one other Senator. The scholar Thomas Mann said his time in the Senate was "an amazing and endurable presence.  [more]
Capitol Perspective: Profiles in Courage
Edward M. Kennedy
May 12, 2008
00:28:35
Senator Edward Kennedy helps host the 2008 Profiles In Courage Awards ceremony. This year's awards recognize the recipients' efforts to improve election integrity, specifically focusing on flaws in electronic voting technology. Remarks are made by Paul G.
Capitol Perspective: Housing
Edward M. Kennedy
May 9, 2008
00:29:37
US Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) hosts a panel discussion exploring national and local perspectives on various aspects the burgeoning home foreclosure crisis.
Capitol Perspective: Crime
Edward M. Kennedy
March 31, 2008
00:29:39
Ted Kennedy hosts a discussion about the challenges and solutions pertaining to the problem of crime in Massachusetts.
Capitol Perspective: Health Disparities and Child Obesity
Edward M. Kennedy
January 8, 2008
00:28:59
Ted Kennedy hosts a panel discussion about health disparities in minority populations and the increasing problem of childhood obesity.
Letters of John and Abigail Adams
Deval Patrick
November 19, 2007
01:06:36
Governor and Mrs. Deval Patrick, the Kennedys, and the Dukakises celebrate the publication of a new book of the letters of President John and First Lady Abigail Adams.
Capitol Perspective: Heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan
Edward M. Kennedy
November 9, 2007
00:29:30
Ted Kennedy pays tribute to the fallen heroes of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This lecture also contains excerpts from Remember Us, a NECN documentary, which debuted at a Northeastern event honoring veterans on November 9, 2007, as well as excerpts and speeches from the day's events.
Image of In Our Defense
Author: C Kennedy
Publisher: Harper Perennial (1992)
Binding: Paperback, 432 pages
Image of True Compass: A Memoir
Author: Edward M. Kennedy
Publisher: Twelve (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 532 pages
Image of America Back on Track
Author: Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Publisher: Viking Adult (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages
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