The 65-year-old Peace Corps is undergoing “significant restructuring efforts” as the Trump Administration implements its “America First“ campaign promise.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Harry Belafonte to serve as a “Cultural Advisor” to a new federal agency: the Peace Corps. A half-century later, an interviewer asked Belafonte why he ...

President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the Peace Corps staff and other officials at a meeting in Washington on June 14, 1962. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges) ...

President John F. Kennedy greets Peace Corps volunteers on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 9, 1962. Library of Congress photo. As the Cold War grew increasingly tense in the early 1960s, ...

Less than six weeks later, JFK signed Executive Order 10924, which started the Peace Corps. By June, the first Peace Corps recruits began training for assignments in Colombia, Ghana and Tanganyika ...

On Sept. 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed a law giving the Peace Corps permanent status. He hailed it as a way for Americans to work for world peace and understanding. By UPI Staff ...

The Peace Corps, an independent federal agency, was founded by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to promote “world peace and friendship.” It has dispatched more than 240,000 American ...

A former Peace Corps press officer described the night and early morning after President John F. Kennedy was killed — and how an emotional first lady turned to those close to him for help ...

Founded by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the Peace Corps sends volunteers to partner with communities in other countries to promote development and foster goodwill with focuses on education ...