June 11, 1963: Kennedy Emerges on Civil Rights

After dragging his feet for two years, the president gave an eloquent speech

President Kennedy's growth as a leader in June 1963 is a key to understanding his life and death.

As Arms Control Today documented last year, JFK's June 10 speech at American University would influence the arms control vision all of the U.S. presidents who followed him. And as this New York Times column notes, his often-overlooked nationally televised ad…