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A 5 page paper which questions whether President John F. Kennedy actually left behind a legacy of civil rights, or if it was merely a facade created to perpetuate the slain leader's memory. Specifically considered are whether or not JFK actually achieved anything in civil rights, why or why not, and the motives behind his involvement in civil rights. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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really committed to equal rights for blacks, as his eloquently-penned Theodore Sorenson speeches led Americans to believe, or was he merely exercising his shrewd skills as a consummate politician.
According to author Richard Reeves, whose book, President Kennedy: Profile in Power was an unflinching look at the Kennedy presidency as it was and not the Camelot fabrication, contended that
politics was Kennedys primary motive in propelling civil rights to the top of his domestic priority list in the spring of 1963 (Buckley, 1994). He had to be coerced
into promoting civil rights legislation because he feared alienating Southern congressional conservatives (Buckley, 1994). Prior to becoming President, it is doubtful that the aristocratic John F. Kennedy gave a second
thought to the civil rights movement. In fact, in June of 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. made an interesting observation after a meeting with candidate Kennedy: "At the time
I was impressed with his concern and I was impressed with his willingness to learn more about civil rights. He did not have the grasp and the comprehension of
the depths and dimensions of the problem at that time" (Stern, 1993, 575). During his presidential campaign, Kennedy assured voters that he would put an end to racial segregation
by signing a federal housing order prohibiting such discrimination, but nearly a year after taking office, the bill was still not signed, and Kennedy inquired to Theodore Sorenson during a
private conversation why he would have inserted such a volatile campaign promise into one of his speeches, refusing to acknowledge any responsibility himself (Buckley, 1994). According to one member
of the Civil Rights Commission, "[JFK] thinks that if he does more than he has to about Negroes, he can forget about being President for eight years" (Buckley, 1994, 30).
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