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they wanteto appear to be our iends and they wanted toe the brake on our movemt. narrator: kennedy watched, along with the country, in may963 as racial vience erupted in birmiham. horrified by wt he had seen, he polled s political advisers about sending a broad w civil rights bill congress. most of hiadvisers in the whiteouse-- maybe all of them- told himhat's a terribleolitical mistake. many thought tt the bill could not passed, and they were thinking "well, theresident's going to put his presidency on the ne for this bill, and he's going to fail." narrator: robert kennedy disagreed. his duties as attorneyeneral had demanded he focus othe inequities in amecan society. he would come to champion vil rights for the rest his life. marshall: he thoht it was not just the future of the presidcy but the future of is country that was at stake, and so he urd the president verytrongly too ahead for-- with the bill. narrator: in june, white house aisers met with the psident to discuss wther he should delivea televisi address to rally sport for his civil rits bill. a fi crew