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On the recordOctober 20, 1960
It is a basic tenet of democracy to grant equal rights to all, regardless of race, creed, color, or sex.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Chairman of the National Woman's Party

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