John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This drive must be successful, I think, for the good of the country.”

On the recordSeptember 11, 1963

This drive must be successful, I think, for the good of the country.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to Leaders and Members of the United Negro Colleges Development Campaign

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