Civil Rights - Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), [Democratic], 1960

Item — BurtonHall Cold Storage: 1, PCC - Film Reel - 16mm: 126

Identifier: P-1498-74072

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Plan: President can sign civil rights orders without legislation, must state he stands for equal rights. Agency or Creating Entity:

Dates

Creation: 1960

Conditions Governing Use

While the University owns the materials in its collection, it does not own copyright to any of the materials. It is the responsibility of the user to acquire any necessary copyright authorizations for use of the materials such as may be required.

Biographical / Historical

The Political Communication Collection, located in the Carl Albert Center Congressional Research and Studies Center Archives, contains political television and radio commercials from the beginning of the 20th century through the present day.

Full Extent

From the Series: 14,137 Items (14,137 items (This series includes United States Office of President Campaign Ads from 1912-2016): Each item within this collection falls under the following categories: 16mm film reels, VHS videotape, 3/4" U-Matic videotape, 1" and 2" tap, Beta SP, Betamax, Mini DV, DVD, and born-digital video formats.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Hold

Additional Description

Transcript - Full

Today, during this presidential campaign, there is one outstanding moral issue, civil rights. What legislation do you have in preparation on the civil rights issue? First, there's a good deal that can be done by the executive branch without legislation. For example, the president could sign an executive order ending discrimination in housing tomorrow. Secondly, the president could compel all companies which do business with the government to practice open, fair hiring of personnel without regard to race, creed, or color. I think that the failure of the president to indicate his endorsement of the Supreme Court decision has cost us heavily. I hope the next president of the United States states that he stands for equal rights, that he stands for a fair chance for all Americans to have a decent education, to get a job, and to hold it. Vote for the candidate who cares, John F. Kennedy for president.