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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I take my case to you because I know you agree with me that racial discrimination must be eliminated everywhere in our…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1960
I take my case to you because I know you agree with me that racial discrimination must be eliminated everywhere in our society; in jobs, in housing, in voting, in lunch counters, and in schools.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Cadillac Square, Detroit, MI

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