I really enjoyed reading President John F. Kennedy's speech on the Civil Rights Movement. It was a very trying time for America and brought about a lot of change, so it was interesting to hear about it from President Kennedy.
Normally when I thought about the Civil Rights Movement, I only thought about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all the speeches and rallies he held to bring about equal rights for citizens of all color, but never heard much about what President Kennedy did to help. To hear the same desire and drive for equality out of more than one group changed my perspective on it how it wasn't so much as the Civil Rights Movement versus the Government, but more of the Civil Rights Movement and the Government versus the problem.
President Kennedy's rhetoric also impressed me; the way he went about drawing his audience into the issue and holding them responsible, then urging reform with his own actions and calling upon the American people themselves was quite powerful. President Kennedy was very smart about how he handled things and how he gave his stance on the matter.
I hope to read more of his speeches in the future; I begin to see why people hold him in such high regard.
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