Videos

Our video collections span the 20th and 21st centuries and highlight important moments from Sargent Shriver’s life.

American Idealist

Watch clips from Bruce Orenstein’s documentary, American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver, or watch the entire film!

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Opening Segment - American Idealist
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Sargent Shriver Influences Release of Dr. Martin Luther King from Prison
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“People who have empathy”
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“Remember, he’s the president!”
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President Johnson Names Sargent Shriver, “Mr. Poverty”
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Sargent Shriver Leads the War on Poverty
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American Idealist (full film)
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People Power: Community Action and Legal Services
Sarge Speaks

Our video collection of Sargent Shriver’s public addresses captures public lectures from the 1960s through the early 2000s.

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Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Surprise Sargent Shriver at Washington and Lee University
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Remarks at the 2004 Marymount University Commencement
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Sargent Shriver Speaks in New York About Peace Corps and the War on Poverty
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Speech at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law Dinner
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Sargent Shriver Civil Rights Lecture at Notre Dame 1974, Part 1
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Sargent Shriver Civil Rights Lecture at Notre Dame 1974, Part 2
Remembering Sarge

This collection includes remembrances from those who knew Shriver well along with highlights from his public life.

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Sargent Shriver Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Surprise Sargent Shriver at Washington and Lee University
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Sargent Shriver Appears on What’s My Line?
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Mark Shriver Records “A Good Man”
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Father Theodore Hesburgh Remembers Sargent Shriver
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People Power: Community Action and Legal Services
Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us.
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Sargent Shriver
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