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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I strongly urge them to live up to their responsibilities and to recognize no arbitrary bar of race or color-for such…”

On the recordJune 18, 1963
I strongly urge them to live up to their responsibilities and to recognize no arbitrary bar of race or color-for such bars have no place in any institution, least of all one devoted to the truth and to the improvement of all mankind.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights and Job Opportunities

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