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How did President Kennedy’s position on civil rights change?

He became more cautious over time.

He began to see a need for national civil rights laws.

He discovered that civil rights laws were not needed.

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He began to see a need for national civil rights laws.

Initially Kennedy was cautious to avoid alienating Southern Democrats, but after events like the Freedom Rides and Birmingham violence he publicly supported federal civil rights legislation (announcing a proposal in 1963).