John F. Kennedy's Fight For Civil Rights

John F. Kennedy was a man who fought for racial equality, instead he fought for blacks whom did not have any freedom. Unfortunately he was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, texas. He was the man who signed the civil rights act of 1964. According to the civil rights message in June 11, 1963 “Although black leaders were initially skeptical of candidate John F. Kennedy’s commitment to equal opportunity, including his endorsement of a civil rights platform at the Democratic National Convention, his public praise of Martin Luther King, Jr., convinced a significant number of blacks to support him”(Kennedy 1). John F Kennedy was a man who fought for racial equality and wanted everyone to act the same around everyone. John F Kennedy withstood the critics about how he was towards the blacks so it led to him to sign the civil rights act of 1964.

He wanted all of the big countries to sign it because he thought it was unsafe to test nuclear weapons while there are people in the area. He thought that the importance of the people living in the country was more important than the weapons. So he decided that he would make a treaty that ban the testing of weapons of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere and or in space. According to The Role of Norman Cousins and Track II Diplomacy in the Breakthrough to the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty “The eight-month period from October 1962 to July 1963 witnessed the world’s two most powerful countries move from being moments away from nuclear war to agreeing to sign a groundbreaking nuclear test ban treaty” (Pietroben 79). This is stating that they wanted to have this treaty signed just to secure the protection of the