It must be our purpose to continue steady progress until the promise of equal rights for all has been fulfilled.
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
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Remarks Upon Receiving Civil Rights Commission Report Freedom to the Free
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