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The events in Birmingham . . . have so increased the cries for equality that no city or state or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them.”

–President John F. Kennedy
June 1963

This quote shows that President Kennedy thought:

new laws would have to give equality to whites.

new laws would have to give equality to African Americans.

old laws would remain in place.

African Americans would form their own government.

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new laws would have to give equality to African Americans.

Kennedy was referring to the civil-rights protests in Birmingham (1963) and saying government at all levels could no longer ignore demands for racial equality.