President Kennedy's Speech For Civial Rights

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President Kennedy addressed the Nation on the topic of, civial right. We face a moral crisis as a county and as people ” he said’’ as American’s we should work together towords creating an integrated society that is peaceful and constructive for all. The speech had a special meaning to Medgar Evers who was the first vetran and also the first black man to be denied entrance to a law school and denied to vote. He was also an official of NAACP in mississipi. He was gunned down and killed at hos door step, this really affected Martin luther and the black community. In the summer of 1963 the black and white community travelled to Washington dc to hear the speech of martin luther king about jobs and freedom. It was the greatest gathering