 Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, May 29, Murdered on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. President  An anti-slavery protagonist, a major factor to his success in the election in 1960 (e.g. Martin Luther King Jr.’s father said “If I had a suitcase full of votes, I'd take them all and place them at Senator Kennedy's feet."(Henry, Walker Bergström, p. 365).  "In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln said the question was whether this nation could exist half slave or half free. In the election of 1960, and with the world around us, the question is whether the world will exist half slave or half free, whether it will move in the direction of freedom, in the direction of the road that we are taking, or whether it will move in the direction of slavery." (Kennedy, 22 Sep 1960)  The Americans needed reconsider their democratic morals, according to Kennedy

 Born January 15, 1929 in Atlanda, Georgia. Murdered April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennesse  His ambition was to end racial discrimination, without the use of violence: "If one day you find me sprawled out dead, I do not want you to retaliate with a single act of violence. I urge you to continue protesting with the same dignity and discipline you have shown so far." (Ansbro, 1982, p. 242).  Through this quote, he clearly expresses the need of non-violent methods if they truly want to reach their goal: “the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek." (Loughery, 2000).  Imprisoned in April 1963 where he wrote Letter from a Birmingham Jail (Loughery, 2000). In this letter King Jr. compares the U.S. system to the Nazis in Germany: What Hitler did was not illegal, but still wrong in every single way.

 Born on August 27, 1908, Stonewall, Texas. Died from a heart attack on January 22,  Vice President of John F. Kennedy. President after Kennedy’s death in 1963 (until 1969).  "Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our Nation whole." (Goethals, Sorenson, MacGregor Burns, 2004, p. 188)

 "All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days; nor in the life of this Administration; nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin." (Kennedy, 1961).  "The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time. But that is just the beginning." (Johnson, 1964) ­

 USA peaking in the 1960’s  Focus from the election of John F. Kennedy, to the end of the decade  Several hundred years of slavery, previous to the Civil Rights Movement  This presentation is based on three persons who I believe are the most prominent characters during the Civil Rights Movement

 Ansbro, John (1982). Martin Luther King, Jr. : Nonviolent Strategies and Tactics for Social Change. Madisons Books.  Goethals, George R., Sorenson, Georgia J., MacGregor Burns, James ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Leadership. USA: Sage Publications  Henry, Alastair, Walker Bergström, Catharine (2012). Texts and Events. Lund: Studentlitteratur.  Kennedy, John F. (1960). Opening Statement, First Presidential Candidate Debate - 22 Sep Available at: ebate1.htm (Accessed: 10 Jan 2014) ebate1.htm  Loughery, John (2000). Eloquent Essay. New York: Persea Books.