Two presidents, two anniversaries: What effect did Lincoln and Kennedy have on the civil rights movement?

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In addition to the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, this week also marks 50 years since the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A look at two historical U.S. figures and how they changed the Civil Rights Movement.

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