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How did the assassination of the president in 1963 impact American politics?

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This event influenced the civil rights movement

Step-by-step explanation:

On November 22, 1963., the President of United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated while visiting Dallas, Texas.

Even before the death of JFK, there where tensions in Congress regarding the legislation of civil rights, which Kennedy had proposed.

After Kennedy’s death, his successor, vice president Lyndon B. Johnson went through with the legislation of the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965).

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