Kennedy or Johnson

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Who helped to get Martin Luther King out of jail?
Kennedy
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Who brought in the civil rights act in 1964?
Johnson
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Who appointed Thurgood Marshall to the white house cabinet and as a Supreme Court Judge in 1967?
Johnson
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Who made NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall the first African American US circuit judge?
Kennedy
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Who Introduced the Voting Rights Act in 1965
Johnson
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Who sent 23,000 troops to protect James Meredith?
Kennedy
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Who used $800 million to combat poverty and help poorer African Americans in society?
Johnson
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Who made a speech in 1962 on national television committing himself to civil rights?
Kennedy
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Who was accused of moving too slowly?
Kennedy
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Who was more concerned with the Cuban missile Crisis and the Cold War
Kennedy
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Who was president during the riots in 1965 and 1968?
Johnson
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Who's first proposed civil rights bill left people disapointed ?
Kennedy
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Who used resources on the Vietnam War instead
Johnson
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