On the recordAugust 30, 1960
President Truman led the way in appointing the first Negro lifetime Federal judge and the first Negro on the court of appeals.
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Statement of Senator John F. Kennedy to Representatives of the National Bar Association
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Nov 11, 1963
The recommendations are likewise acceptable to me, and will be included in my budget recommendations to the Congress in January.
Nov 12, 1963
We are proud to have them here also because they are a Scottish Regiment, and that green and misty country has sent hundreds and thousands of Scottish men and women to the United States and they have been among our finest citizens.
Nov 13, 1963
I just say that there's no sense having a program if a man who is innocent of any intelligence mission, which is true in this case, is subjected to arrest without means of defense.
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