| President Kennedy Civil Rights Speech | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 1456 | |
| Catalog #: | 499059 | |
| Clip Number: | 499059-6 | |
| Orginal Film: | 490-114 | |
| Timecode: | 01:32:06 - 01:33:25 | |
| Location: | Washington, DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: African-American LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Kennedy, John F ( JFK ) POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) | |
| Description: | JFK: "Therefore, I am asking for your help in making it easier for us to move ahead and to provide the kind of equality of treatment which we would want ourselves; to give a chance for every child to be educated to the limit of his talents. As I have said before, not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or an equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves. We have a right to expect that the Negro community will be responsible, will uphold the law, but they have a right to expect that the law will be fair, that the Constitution will be color blind, as Justice Harlan said at the turn of the century. This is what we are talking about and this is a matter which concerns this country and what it stands for, and in meeting it I ask the support of all our citizens. Thank you very much. President Kennedy stands from desk, walks out of Oval Office." | |
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