A Time to Act: John F. Kennedy's Big Speech
- ISBN-10
- 0735842752
- ISBN-13
- 9780735842755
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 53
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-04-04
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Shana Corey
Description
"'The time has come for this nation to fulfill its promise.' John F. Kennedy was born one hundred years ago. As America's thirty-fifth president, he often took bold actions: establishing a peace corps and challenging Americans to land on the moon. But on civil rights, it took the urging and the example of other courageous people--leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Jackie Robinson, and even students and children--to help him realize that the time to act was now. On June 11, 1963, Kennedy's 'big speech'--his civil rights address--was a game changer, and his efforts laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Act of 1964--but our country's work is not finished"--
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