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On the recordFebruary 27, 1963
The right to vote in a free American election is the most powerful and precious right in the world—and it must not be denied on the grounds of race or color.
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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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