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President Kennedy applauded King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. He promised the government would do what it could to further the civil rights movement and continue what King started.
True, Kennedy had called for it in his civil rights speech in 1963 but he was assassinated that year while it was still being debated by Congress and so it wasn't until LBJ was president that it eventually passed.
Former president John. F. Kennedy gave the Civil Rights Address on June 11, 1963. This speech transformed a legal issue into a moral one in regards to civil rights.
John Kennedy made the famous ich bin ein berliner speech in Berlin .
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John F. Kennedy worked with civil rights leaders to secure equality and liberty of African-Americans. He gave a televised speech on the issue of racial discrimination, and submitted a civil rights legislation to congress in 1963.
Nothing. President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
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No, President John F. Kennedy was the originator of the civil rights legislation that eventually passed Congress. Kennedy called for a civil rights bill in a speech on June 11, 1963. He later met with legislative leaders and sent his civil rights bill to Congress on June 19, 1963. He continued to work with legislative leaders on the civil rights legislation until his death on November 22, 1963.Following Kennedy's death, President Lyndon B. Johnson used his experience and influence in support of the Civil Rights Act, and it was passed and signed into law by President Johnson on July 2, 1964.
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It was 1962 when he made the speech. 1969 is when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.