John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We should hold out the hand to those people before the moment of…”

On the recordOctober 2, 1960

We should hold out the hand to those people before the moment of desperation comes, and then accompany them on the road to freedom.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Question and Answer Period Following Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Armory, Springfield, IL

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We should hold out the hand to those people before the moment of desperation comes, and then accompany them on the road…”