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Shot primarily during a two-day period surrounding the University of Alabama integration crisis on June 11, 1963, the film follows President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Governor George Wallace of Alabama, Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, and the students involved, Vivian Malone and James Hood.
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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Jan 16, 2009 · Called “Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment,” the hourlong film shot over a two-day period in June 1963, broadcast on ABC four months later and now available on DVD is worth the new...
- George Washington (1789–1797) The father of the Revolution, George Washington was America's first president, and his presidency's true crisis was exactly that—the fact that no one else had come before.
- John Adams (1797–1801) The entirety of John Adams' one term in office was consumed with continuously escalating tensions with France and Britain. In the wake of the French Revolution, the British monarchy was terrified that the same thing could happen there and eventually went to war with France.
- Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) Like Adams, Jefferson also faced daunting foreign policy challenges that started with trouble on Africa's Barbary Coast, but the real crisis was rising tensions with the British that would ultimately lead to the War of 1812.
- James Madison (1809–1817) Adams' and Jeffersons' chickens came home to roost during the presidency of James Madison in the form of the War of 1812, which is considered to be America's second war of independence.
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72 Ratings. Critics reviews. 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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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.
