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- Title
ATTORNEY- GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY'S BLUEPRINT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION.
- Authors
Hopkins, Thomas A.
- Abstract
This article focuses on a speech by U.S. attorney-general Robert F. Kennedy, delivered at the University of Georgia in Athens on May 6, 1961. The speech was significant principally because it contained a blueprint of civil rights action for the U.S. Department of Justice under President John F. Kennedy's administration. The speech was significant, too, in that it followed a tough line. But what made the address particularly significant to the people most nearly affected, the Southerners, was that it was delivered by the attorney-general on the site of riots less than four months before. The basic organization of the address was masterful for that audience and occasion. First was an introduction which allowed for common ground, a bit of humor, and a few discreet compliments. Then came the major theme, a discussion of the preeminent place of law in a democracy.
- Subjects
ATHENS (Ga.); GEORGIA; SPEECHES, addresses, etc.; KENNEDY, Robert F., 1925-1968; CIVIL rights; UNIVERSITY of Georgia
- Publication
Today's Speech, 1962, Vol 10, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0040-8573
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/01463376209385233