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!
Opening Segment - American Idealist
Sargent Shriver Influences Release of Dr. Martin Luther King from Prison
“People who have empathy”
“Remember, he’s the president!”
President Johnson Names Sargent Shriver, “Mr. Poverty”
Sargent Shriver Leads the War on Poverty
American Idealist (full film)
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.
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Surprise Sargent Shriver at Washington and Lee University
Remarks at the 2004 Marymount University Commencement
Sargent Shriver Speaks in New York About Peace Corps and the War on Poverty
Speech at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law Dinner
Sargent Shriver Civil Rights Lecture at Notre Dame 1974, Part 1
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.
Sargent Shriver Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Surprise Sargent Shriver at Washington and Lee University
Sargent Shriver Appears on What’s My Line?
Mark Shriver Records “A Good Man”
Father Theodore Hesburgh Remembers Sargent Shriver
People Power: Community Action and Legal Services
SSPI Today
Events, interviews, and programming by SSPI staff.
Book Launch “The Call” by Jamie Price, hosted by Lucy Di Rosa with guest “mother of the Peace Corps” Judith Guskin
SSPI’s Lucy Di Rosa speaks with Insight Today’s Paul LaChance about SSPI’s work and Sargent Shriver’s legacy
“The Call” book event at Maison 10 in New York
