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| Title: | JFK in history : civil rights context in the early 1960s |
| Date: | 1961-1963 |
| Description: | Web site presenting a four part article about the history of African American civil rights in the United States from slavery and the "three-fifths" compromise through the movement of the 1960s, focusing on the events during Kennedy's administration. The page also contains a link to a speech given by Kennedy following the successful and nonviolent integration of the University of Alabama, June 11, 1963. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Web sites | Articles |
| Subjects: | Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 | Presidents--United States | Federal government--United States | United States--Politics and government--1961-1963 | Civil rights movements--United States | Civil rights workers--United States | United States | Southern States |
| Institution: | John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |
| Contributors: | John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |
| Online Publisher: | Boston, Mass. : John F. Kennedy Library and Museum |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/Civil+Rights+Context+in+the+Early+1960s.htm |
