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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment is a 1963 direct cinema documentary film directed by Robert Drew. The film centers on the University of Alabama's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" integration crisis of June 1963.
Jul 31, 2014 · Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment First aired on ABC television in 1963, Robert Drew's cinéma vérité documentary chronicles how President John F. Kennedy and his brother Attorney...
- 71 min
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- US National Archives
Jan 16, 2009 · The night the crisis was settled, President Kennedy gave a 15-minute speech on national television explaining his action and declaring that the time had come to make all American citizens free.
With James Lipscomb, John F. Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F. Kennedy. Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy. Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions.
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- Robert Drew
- 1963-10-21
When Governor George Wallace literally stands in the schoolhouse door to block the admittance of two African-American students to the all-white University of Alabama in June 1963, President Kennedy is forced to decide whether to use the power of the presidency to back racial equality.
President John F. Kennedy and his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy face down Governor George Wallace of Alabama who has sworn to personally block the entrance of two black students (Vivian Malone and James Hood) into the campus of The University of Alabama.
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Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy. Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
