In 1941, Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy, He left the U.S. Navy in 1944. Soon after the Kennedy left the U.S. Navy He started to prepare for the running of Congress in 1946; He entered 80th Congress in 1947. In 1952 Kennedy ran successfully for senate. About a year later. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier who was now Jacqueline Kennedy. On November 27, 1957 Kennedy and his wife had their daughter Caroline .On January 2, 1960 Kennedy announced His presidency and on November 27, 1960 Kennedy and his wife had their son John F. Kennedy Jr. During this time, the civil rights movement was happening. Kennedy worked hard by issuing executive orders demanding to ban discrimination in federal housing and hiring. On June 11,1963, Kennedy gave a speech that was nationally televised, In the speech he addressed the issues of racial discrimination in schools and universities. He discussed this topic because of an earlier issue that day including two young African American adults named Vivian Malone and Jones Hood who applied to enroll in the all white University of Alabama. The federal court ruled that the University must integrate, but the governor of Alabama (George Wallace) denied their entry and blocked the the entrance with his own body. When they were finally admitted on campus, President kennedy decided to have a nationally televised speech.
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Kennedy focused strongly on this subject,In the speech he said “Next week,I shall ask the Congress of the United States to act, to make a commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in American life or
Kennedy focused strongly on this subject,In the speech he said “Next week,I shall ask the Congress of the United States to act, to make a commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in American life or