In 1961 , after John F. Kennedy 's inauguration , Louis and others are attacked by members of the Ku Klux Klan while on a freedom ride to Birmingham , Alabama . Louis participates in the 1963 Birmingham Children 's Crusade , where dogs and water cannons are used to stop the marchers , one of the movement 's actions which inspires Kennedy to deliver a national address proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . After Kennedy is assassinated , his successor , Lyndon B. Johnson , enacts the legislation . As a goodwill gesture , Jackie Kennedy gives Cecil one of the former president 's neckties
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