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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Do you know that 35 percent of our brightest boys and girls who graduate from high school never see the inside of a…”

On the recordOctober 25, 1960
Do you know that 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, Roseville, MI, Eastgate Shopping Center

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