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On the recordSeptember 11, 1960
And if we are elected, every American, regardless of his race or his creed or his color will be given his full constitutional rights.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, the Alamo, San Antonio, TX

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