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On the recordFebruary 27, 1963
In the last two years, more progress has been made in securing the civil rights of all Americans than in any comparable period in our history.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights

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