At first,John F.Kennedy moved very slowly in the area of racial justice because he

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Kennedy needed the support of southern legislators, who were opposed to civil rights, in order to pass his economic and social legislation. He did not want to alienate them by pushing too hard on the issue of racial justice. It was not until 1963, after pressure from civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., that Kennedy began to take more forceful action in support of civil rights.

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