This report tells a great American story-it is the record of the deeds by which Negroes and their fellow Americans have given life and meaning to the words of Abraham Lincoln and the Founding Fathers before him.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This report tells a great American story-it is the record of the deeds by which Negroes and their fellow Americans have…”
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Remarks Upon Receiving Civil Rights Commission Report Freedom to the Free
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