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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Over 35 percent of our brightest boys and girls who graduate from high school never see the inside of a college.”

On the recordOctober 13, 1960
Over 35 percent of our brightest boys and girls who graduate from high school never see the inside of a college.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Kalamazoo, MI

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