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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: What great issue, what great stream of history, has he associated himself with in the changing years of the 1960's?

On the recordNovember 5, 1960
What great issue, what great stream of history, has he associated himself with in the changing years of the 1960's?
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Commack Arena, Commack, Long Island, NY

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