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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “There are places in the United States where churches are burned because somebody tries to get registered.”

On the recordOctober 5, 1962
There are places in the United States where churches are burned because somebody tries to get registered.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at a Democratic Rally in Detroit

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