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1963: Kennedy and Civil Rights
"In its substance, the speech was possibly the most important that Kennedy has delivered as President of the U.S. Never before had a U.S. President appealed to the nation for an end to all discrimination against Negroes. And never had a President so forcefully pointed out that the Negroes' right to equality with whites rests not upon law alone, but also upon morality."
From: The Long March, Jun. 21, 1963

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