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Part of the Democratic party, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy is elected to office. He believes in racial integration, but is wary to act on it, as he won his race by a thin margin, and has to really work to achieve anything in the tightly contested congress.
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In June of 1963, Kennedy announces that he's sending a tough civil rights bill to congress, and even though it's unlikely this bill will pass, it is steps in the right direction for the Civil Rights movement.
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On August 28 of 1963, speaker Martin Luther King Jr. leads a March 250,000 people strong to the capital in the name of civil rights. MLK gives his now famous 'I Have a Dream' speech.
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On November 22 of 1963, president John F. Kennedy is Assassinator, and vice president Lyndon B. Johnson takes office, now the main man for the civil rights bill as president.
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In the Summer of 1964, the Civil Rights Act would pass under president Lyndon B. Johnson, marking a huge moment for the Civil Rights movement. Although discrimination was far from gone, it was now illegal under the law.