CNN The Sixties July 13, 2014 00:52:00
>> next week i shall ask the congress of the united states to act, to make a commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in american life or law. >> it's his most eloquent speech in some ways, most heartfelt speech. >> and this nation for all its hopes and all its boasts will not be fully free until all its citizens are free. >> there's a kind of bitter irony in that within hours afterwards, medgar evers comes home and his wife and children are up because they want to tell him about the president's wonderful speech. >> shortly after midnight, medg...