Actually a far greater responsibility rests upon the Negro leadership than it does upon the leadership of almost any other group.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Actually a far greater responsibility rests upon the Negro leadership than it does upon the leadership of almost any…”
On the recordOctober 6, 1960
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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Howard University, Washington, DC
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