enjoy the privileges of being american without a doubt with race or color. in office nine hundred sixty three at least two hundred thousand people gathered in washington d.c. . to demand civil rights and jobs dr martin luther king stood in front of the lincoln memorial and delivered his historic i have a dream speech bobby kennedy respected king s commitment to civil rights but had concerns about his private life and had authorized the f.b.i. to tap his phone is later president johnson would use this to discredit kennedy with the black community. in november president kennedy flew to dallas texas for a series of political meetings. probably would never see his brother alive again. it was the end of an era bobby kennedy was devastated by the assassination and to
he launched his campaign for senator in february. to embrace the notion that we re all in this together. that s the country i want for my kids. reporter: and who knows? even younger kennedys may be eyeing public office, too. jfk s granddaughter, rose, who bears a striking resemblance to her grandmother, jackie, wrote a speech in honor of her grandfather s birth. it caught to be possible in short for every american to enjoy the privileges of being american, without regard to his race or his color. we re faced with tremendous inequality and injustice. reporter: and all eyes on jack kennedy s grandson, also named jack, who is studying the former president s legacy carefully. my favorite speech was the speech he gave at rice university, explaining why we
bears a striking resemblance to her grandmother, jackie, appeared in a video this week commemorating the 100th anniversary of her grandfather s birth. i m inspired by my grandfather s sense of equality, his courage in naming the injustices in american society. it caught to be possible in short for every american to enjoy the privileges of being american, without regard to his race or his color. we are still faced with tremendous inequality and injustice. reporter: and all eyes on jack kennedy s grandson, also named jack, who is studying the former president s legacy carefully. my favorite speech was the speech he gave at rice university, explaining why we should go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon this decade and do other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. in that speech, he said great challenges are actually great opportunities. i think it s important to remember those are opportunities and we can raise to the occasion if we choose good
to name a few. it was legal in 1964 to refuse to hire somebody because of the color of the skin or their gender. a year earlier president john f. kennedy had addressed the nation to urge action on civil rights. it ought to be possible, in short, for every american to enjoy the privileges of being american without regard to his race or his color, but this is not the case. but then kennedy was assassinated. surprisingly his successor, lyndon baines johnson, a staunch southerner, took up the cause, a cause that looked hopeless. why? here s american historian and johnson biographer, robert carroll. civil rights had always died in the center because of the filibuster, but this bill wasn t even in the senate. it wasn t even on the house floor. it was in the house rules committee, which was chaired by this racist from virginia, judge howard w. smith, and he wasn t letting it out. american political parties
to hire somebody because of the color of the skin or their gender. had addressed the nation to urge action on civil rights. it ought to be possible in short for every american to enjoy the privileges of being american without regard to race or his color. but this is not the case. but then kennedy was assassinated. surprisingly, his successor, lyndon baines johnson took up the cause, a cause that looked hopeless. why? here s american historian and johnson biographer robert carroll. civil rights had always died in the senate because of the filibuster, but this bill wasn t even in the senate. it wasn t on the house floor. it was in the house rules committee which was chaired by this racist from virginia, judge howard w. smith. and he wasn t letting it out. american political parties were very different back then. smith was a democrat and carroll