John F Kennedy In The Civil Rights Movement Case Study

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A: Plan of investigation The investigation for this internal assessment will investigate the significance of John Kennedy’s influence in the civil rights movement. I will discuss any significance and criticism towards Kennedy during the involvement in the civil rights movement between the years 1961 till 1963 will be discussed. The investigation will include the books John F. Kennedy: The Life, the Presidency, the Assassination written by Andre Deutsch in which he illustrates a biography of John F. Kennedy from his wartime heroism and marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier to the controversial 1960 election, Cuban Missile Crisis, Civil Rights movement, escalating conflict in Vietnam, and assassination, it captures the key moments of his life and career. Additionally, with When Freedom Would Triumph: The Civil Rights Struggle in Congress, 1954–1968. In this piece it shows how political leaders in Washington: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, and others transformed the ardent passion for freedom: the protests, marches, and creative nonviolence of the civil rights movement. These two sources will be used for their origin, purpose, value, and limitation and more sources about John F. Kennedy’s involvement during the Civil Rights Movement will be used to answer the question: How significant …show more content…

Kennedy’s ears, it angered him that the police forces were unleashing their Germen Shepards and their high powered water hoses onto little African American kids, who were protesting and marching. Alabama was the least segregated state in the U.S. It looked like a warzone there, as one can see through news coverage. John. F. Kennedy was sick of this, so he sent out federal troops and ordered the National Guard to go down there and control the situation. And even African Americans not being able to get into schools, really frustrated John F. Kennedy. This led to John F. Kennedy aiding the civil rights

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