#OTD on May 22, 1962, President and Mrs. Kennedy hosted a state dinner in honor of the President and First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Félix and Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny. The Ivory Coast was one of 15 African countries that became independent during the summer and fall of 1960, and was one of the most anti-Communist of the new nations. President Kennedy’s invitation to President Houphouët-Boigny was a gesture of friendship to the leader of an emerging African democracy. https://lnkd.in/eDKS9g45
