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Report on Desegregation in the Schools of Alabama, September 9, 1963

Source: PBS

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy announced the government’s intention to force Governor George Wallace to comply with the school desegregation order. Read this powerful speech about a decision that mattered to so many Americans.

This entry was posted in Decisions that Matter and tagged Culture & Society, Historic Figures, History on January 1, 2016 by Marianne Rafter.

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