The book was originally written by Kennedy in 1958 , while he was still a senator . It was written as part of the Anti-Defamation League 's series entitled the One Nation Library . Subsequently , after gaining the presidency , he called on Congress to undertake a full reevaluation of immigration law ; and he began to revise the book for further publication . In August 1963 , excerpts of the 1958 pamphlet were published in the '' New York Times Magazine '' . He was assassinated before completing the revision , but the book was nevertheless posthumously published in 1964 with an introduction by his brother , then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy . In 2008 , the book was re-issued by the Anti-Defamation League
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
A Nation of Immigrants