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speech and see him interact afterwards with invited guests am including martin luther king jr., robert f kennedy. this is about 30 minutes. americans, i am about to sign into law the civil rights act of 1964. i want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every american. week, a smallthis band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor , not only to found a nation, but to forge an ideal of freedom. not only for political independence, but for personal liberty. not only to eliminate foreign -- but to establish the rule of justice in the affairs of men. that struggle was a turning point in our history. today, the ideals of those american patriots still shape the struggles of men who hunger for freedom. proud crowd, yet those who founded our country knew that freedom would be secure only if each generation hoped to renew and enlarge its meaning. tom the minutemen at concord the soldiers in vietnam, each generation has been equal to that trust. americans of every race and color have died in battle to pr

speech and see him interact afterwards with invited guests am including martin luther king jr., robert f kennedy. this is about 30 minutes. americans, i am about to sign into law the civil rights act of 1964. i want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every american. week, a smallthis band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor , not only to found a nation, but to f a

jr. placed a call to robert kennedy and said to the attorney general, something must be done. >> we are planningthis afternoon several hundred more u.s. marshals from around the country to help. >> president kennedy called out the united states marshals, placed the city of montgomery under marshal law. >> this situation, i want to make this announcement that the city is now under marshal law and troops are on the way to montgomery. [ cheers ] >> now this thing with king and all of the so-called freedom riders is to return to the homes, go back to the books and mind their own business. >> finally, with federal intervention the freedom riders were put on a bus and headed to jackson. we pull on into jackson. the wagon was waiting for us. >> we didn't know it at the time but the kennedys had agreed that the freedom riders could be imprisoned. >> the kennedy administration makes a deal where by the mississippi police units agree every freedom rider in jackson will be arrested. >> officials in mississippi think they found a legal way to circumvent desegregation. their method calling defiance of segreg

jr. placed a call to robert kennedy and said to the attorney general, something must be done. >> we are planningo send in several hundred more u.s. marshals from around the country to help and assist. >> president kennedy called out the united states marshalls, he placed the city of montgomery under martial law. >> in this situation, i want to making this announcement that the city is now under martial law, and troops are on the way into the montgomery. [ cheers ] >> now this thing with king and all of the so-called freedom riders is to return to the -- their homes, go back to their books and mind their own business. >> finally, with federal intervention, the freedom riders were put on a bus and headed to jackson. we pull on into jackson. the wagon was waiting for us. >> you're under arrest for refusing to -- >> we didn't know it at the time, but the kennedys had agreed that the freedom riders could be imprisoned. >> the kennedy administration makes a deal whereby the mississippi police units agree that there will be no violence, but the tradeoff is that every free rider arriving in jackson imme