In the fourth and final section of his plea for self-examination, JFK appealed to his American audience to examine the quality of life within our own borders: “Let us examine our attitude toward peace and freedom here at home . . . In too many of our cities today, the peace is not secure because freedom is incomplete.” He would say more on this subject the following night in his groundbreaking civil rights speech. On the day after President Kennedy spoke at American University, Alabama governor George Wallace let the president’s will prevail and backed away from blocking a door at the
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A warrior for peace- translated into sleeping with the enemy (communists) to major military leaders and others in the country who felt a preemptive strike and hard measures (killing millions with nucleaur weapons) was the best path forward.
A warroior for Civil Rights- translated into just about the same as above for most of the south and certainly others throughout the country whose prejustice and racism was more than likely, just as loud as their knuckle dragging demands for neuclear war.
