He eminently deserves this award, and we are proud of his achievement. His courage and dedication to our country made it possible for us to begin the process of healing and put the tragedy of Watergate behind us. senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the. But time has a way of clarifying past events, and now we see that President Ford was right. I was one of those who spoke out against his action then. So President Ford made a courageous decision, one that historians now say cost him his office, and he pardoned Richard Nixon. Unlike many of us at the time, President Ford recognized that the nation had to move forward, and could not do so if there was a continuing effort to prosecute former President Nixon. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage serves as a clarion call to every American. Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, with an introduction by Caroline Kennedy and a foreword by Robert F. Wells-Barnett to Jackie Robinson and Ella Fitzgerald. Memorial Foundation: A link to a roster of 'Profiles in Courage' that range from Ida B. “At a time of national turmoil, America was fortunate that it was Gerald Ford who took the helm of the storm-tossed ship of state. The Pulitzer Prize winning classic by President John F. Kennedy, Jr., reads an excerpt from his father's book and Macalester College professor George Latimer talks with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer. Senator Edward Kennedy presented Ford with the high honor and remarked: Kennedy Profile in Courage Award presented to Gerald R. history that depicts the longtime FBI director in all his complexity, with monumental achievements and crippling flaws. A deeply researched and nuanced look at one of the most polarizing figures in U.S. Ford Museum - Artifact Collections - Life and Career - John F. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, by Beverly Gage (Viking).
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