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John F. Kennedy takes office
Kennedy takes office in January 1961 -
Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill
Kennedy finally sends his civil rights bill to Congress. The bill has seven different key points inside it to ensure there is a decrease in racial injustice. -
Kennedy sends Civil Rights Bill
Kennedy announced that he was going to send a bill through Congress to deal with all of the racial injustice going on. Kennedy made a promise that the United States Congress was going to act to inflict change. -
Medgar Evers is dead
A few hours after Kennedy's announcement that he was going to push a civil rights bill through congress. One of the leaders of the Mississippi National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was shot in his driveway. -
Kennedy meets with NAACP
John F. Kennedy meets with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. During Kennedy's time in office, he issued many executive orders to abolish discrimination in regards to federal hiring and housing