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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It must be our purpose to continue steady progress until the promise of equal rights for all has been fulfilled.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 1963
It must be our purpose to continue steady progress until the promise of equal rights for all has been fulfilled.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Receiving Civil Rights Commission Report Freedom to the Free

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