The Peace Corps

The Peace Corps October 14, 1960 2:00 am at Michigan University ran into a serious realty check. Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy addressed the students attending there with an impromptu speech challenging them to give two years of their lives to help people in countries of the developing world. Inspired by the speech, students form "Americans Committed to World Responsibility" and organize a petition drive asking for the establishment of such a program; within weeks, more than 1,000 Michigan …showed first 75 words of 749 total…

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