PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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John F. Kennedy
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Robert F. Kennedy
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MLK
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FDR
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kennedy still faced two rival candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination: the leading challenger United States Senator Eugene McCarthy and Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
Detailed explanation-2: -He ultimately lost the general election to Republican candidate Richard Nixon by a narrow popular vote margin of 0.7 percent. Nixon won by a more decisive 301–191 margin in the electoral vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eugene McCarthy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Humphrey emerged as the three major candidates in the Democratic primaries, until Kennedy was assassinated.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.