John F. Kennedy: We are all mortal

Presidential

The Washington Post

History, Government, Education

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Robert Dallek, Michael Beschloss and Fredrik Logevall--three major Kennedy historians and biographers--join us on this week's episode to talk about JFK and death. But not his assassination...

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0:00.0	I have the pleasure to present to you
0:02.4	Dr. Martin Luther King, yeah!
0:07.0	America, 1963
0:13.0	I am happy to join with you today
0:18.6	In what will go down in history
0:23.2	As the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation
0:30.0	I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war
0:36.0	And frequently the words of the pursuits
0:40.0	Paul and Defi is, but we have no more urgent task
0:45.0	Five score years ago
0:50.0	A great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today
0:56.0	Signed as the emancipation proclamation
1:02.0	It ought to be possible and sure for every American
1:06.0	To enjoy the privileges of being American
1:09.0	Without regard to race or his color
1:13.0	In short every American ought to have the rights to be treated
1:16.0	As he would wish to be treated
1:18.0	But one would wish to be children to be treated
1:22.0	But this is not the case
1:25.0	This momentous decree came
1:28.0	As a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves
1:34.0	Who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice
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