"We face a moral crisis as a country and as a people. Those who do nothing are inviting...
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[Addressing the jury in summation]
Bobby DeLaughter:
President John F. Kennedy in his landmark civil rights speech to the nation, delivered on the very night Medgar Evers was murdered, said: "We face a moral crisis as a country and as a people. Those who do nothing are inviting shame, as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right, as well as reality." Today, thirty years later, I'm asking you twelve ladies and gentlemen to act boldly; to hold this defendant accountable and find him guilty... simply because it is right, it is just, and Lord knows, it is time. Is it ever too late to do the right thing?
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President John F Kennedy
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in his landmark civil rights speech to the nation
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delivered on the very night Medgar Evers was murdered said
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We face a moral crisis as a country
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and as a people
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Those who do nothing are inviting shame
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as well as violence
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Those who act boldly are recognizing right
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as well as reality
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Today 30 years later
Clip duration: 37 seconds
Views: 130
Timestamp in movie: 01h 58m 32s
Uploaded: 02 April, 2022
Genres: drama, history
Summary: A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
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