John Fitzgerald Kennedy, felled by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's bullets 50 years ago today, was the 35th President of the Unites States. ... As senator of Massachusetts in 1957, Kennedy voted against President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Civil Rights Act. read more
Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil rights Act while he was a senator , Why Martin Luther King Was Republican: However, Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil Rights Act while he was a senator, as did Democrat Sen. Al Gore Sr. read more
This proved to be the case and Kennedy lead the Democrats to victory over Richard Nixon in 1960. However, during the presidential campaign and after he was nominated for the Democrats, Kennedy made it clear in his speeches that he was a supporter of civil rights. read more