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John F. Kennedy
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President John F. Kennedy had campaigned in part on a moderately pro-civil rights platform, but in the spring of 1961, his first priority was Cold War politics. Kennedy wanted to avoid embarrassing he...
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JFK with Governor Patterson
John F. Kennedy and Alabama Governor John Patterson are surrounded by supporters at a Kennedy-Johnson rally.
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Robert F. and John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the Oval office.
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C.T. Vivian
On the Kennedys' response to the Freedom Rides
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Gov. John Patterson
On the risk he took supporting John Kennedy
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The Governor
John Patterson, Governor of Alabama from 1958 to 1963, won election as a staunch segregationist. Patterson discusses his response to the Freedom Rides and his decision to refuse a phone call from President John F. Kennedy when the Freedom Riders encountered mob violence in Birmingham.
