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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.
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.
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...
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- US National Archives
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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- 1963-10-21
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment. 1963. Not Rated. 52m. 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. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263238/?ref_=tt_mv_close. STREAMING.
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.
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Jan 6, 2016 · That speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address, commonly known as the “Four Freedoms” speech. In it he articulated a powerful vision for a world in which all people had freedom of speech and of religion, and freedom from want and fear.
