President Kennedy held a speech in Birmingham, Alabama to address the incidents that had occured in the state throughout the year, while doing this, President Kennedy states that equal rights are due to every American as it is their right to be equal no matter their race or religion. Throughout this speech there are many references to people, ideas and events including the reference to Abraham Lincoln, the idea that residents in the United States are facing injustice due to the color of his or her skin color, and the protests and multiple bombings that had occured in Alabama during 1963.
President Kennedy mentions the sixteenth president of the United States Abraham Lincoln during his speech in Birmingham, Alabama. President Kennedy states …show more content…
This major list of events in alluded to when President Kennedy states: “Now the time has come for this nation to fulfill its promise. The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased the cries for equality that no city or state or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them.” This paragraph from President Kennedy’s speech alluded to the protesting in Birmingham as well as the multiple bombings that occurred in the state. In Birmingham, Alabama there were many sit-in protests at restaurants and peaceful protests in the streets that led to the arrest of a large number of protesters. There were also the protests of children in which excessive force was used by the Birmingham police when they used high power hoses against the young children which infuriated onlooking bystanders. Another incident involved children of different races that had been illegally expelled from schools after being arrested for protesting, in which the major ordered them back to class on the account the school board acted illegally in forcing their expulsion. There were also two bombings in Birmingham since the beginning of 1963 up until the eleventh of June 1963 in which two were killed and a reverend’s family were targeted. On June eleventh, 1963, President Kennedy sent riot controlling troops into Birmingham to aid the integration of two African American students into a local school. This allusion to these events are related to Abraham Lincoln because President Lincoln freed the slaves and expected people of different races to have equal rights and be seen as equal in society, however as is explained by the events that occured in Birmingham, Alabama during 1963, people of different races were still fighting opposition and the
President Kennedy mentions the sixteenth president of the United States Abraham Lincoln during his speech in Birmingham, Alabama. President Kennedy states …show more content…
This major list of events in alluded to when President Kennedy states: “Now the time has come for this nation to fulfill its promise. The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased the cries for equality that no city or state or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them.” This paragraph from President Kennedy’s speech alluded to the protesting in Birmingham as well as the multiple bombings that occurred in the state. In Birmingham, Alabama there were many sit-in protests at restaurants and peaceful protests in the streets that led to the arrest of a large number of protesters. There were also the protests of children in which excessive force was used by the Birmingham police when they used high power hoses against the young children which infuriated onlooking bystanders. Another incident involved children of different races that had been illegally expelled from schools after being arrested for protesting, in which the major ordered them back to class on the account the school board acted illegally in forcing their expulsion. There were also two bombings in Birmingham since the beginning of 1963 up until the eleventh of June 1963 in which two were killed and a reverend’s family were targeted. On June eleventh, 1963, President Kennedy sent riot controlling troops into Birmingham to aid the integration of two African American students into a local school. This allusion to these events are related to Abraham Lincoln because President Lincoln freed the slaves and expected people of different races to have equal rights and be seen as equal in society, however as is explained by the events that occured in Birmingham, Alabama during 1963, people of different races were still fighting opposition and the