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3 days ago · In June 1963, Alabama Gov. George Wallace refused to allow two black students to enter the University of Alabama forcing President Kennedy to use the National Guard to ensure the safety of the students. On June 11, President Kennedy made the decision to give a televised evening speech announcing his civil rights bill proposal.
- Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil ...
Listen to the speech. View related documents. President John...
- Radio and television address on civil rights, 11 June 1963
11 June 1963. Folder Description. This folder contains...
- Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil ...
Listen to the speech. View related documents. President John F. Kennedy The White House June 11, 1963. Good evening my fellow citizens:
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation on the most pressing domestic issue of the day: the struggle to affirm civil rights for all Americans.
Civil Rights Address, June 11, 1963. On the same day that George Wallace gave his famous “Segregation Forever” speech President John F Kennedy gave this speech, in which he...
The Report to the American People on Civil Rights was a speech on civil rights, delivered on radio and television by United States President John F. Kennedy from the Oval Office on June 11, 1963, in which he proposed legislation that would later become the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
11 June 1963. Folder Description. This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's radio and television address on civil rights. In his speech the President responds to the threats of violence and obstruction on the University of Alabama campus ...
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In his civil rights address of June 11, 1963, delivered to the nation over radio and television, President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) announced that he soon would ask Congress to enact landmark civil rights legislation.
