Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/President Kennedy addresses nation on Civil Rights, 11 June 1963

President Kennedy addresses nation on Civil Rights, 11 June 1963
Voting period ends on 22 Feb 2019  at 19:17:07 (UTC)
 * Reason:This photo captures a pivotal moment in John F. Kennedy's presidency and in the African-American civil rights movement, when on June 11, 1963, he delivered a televised speech to the nation, discussing the integration of the University of Alabama earlier that day, civil rights in America as a whole, and proposing new legislation which would eventually become the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964. Several historians such as Carl Bauer and Peniel E. Joseph have noted the significance of this moment in American history, and this is reflected by this photo's appearance in numerous Wikipedia articles, not only on en.wp but across other language versions as well. This photo captures an important moment in American history, is of good quality, good resolution (best that could be obtained from the JFK library's website), is in the public domain (as the work of an official US government photographer), has a sufficient English description, and has been subjected to no digital manipulation.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Report to the American People on Civil Rights, John F. Kennedy, Civil Rights Act of 1964, History of the United States, Presidency of John F. Kennedy, Birmingham Campaign
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/History/USA History, Featured pictures/People/Political
 * Creator:Taken by Abbie Rowe, uploaded by Tom


 * Support as nominator – Indy beetle (talk) 19:17, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Speedy close - well below the resolution limit. MER-C 20:00, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * "Exceptions to this rule may be made where justified on a case-by-case basis, such as for historical, technically difficult or otherwise unique images, if no higher resolution could realistically be acquired." -Indy beetle (talk) 20:06, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * A higher resolution scan of the photo can be made. MER-C 20:14, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Presumably, that would require traveling to the JFK Library and requesting access to the original negative. -Indy beetle (talk) 21:02, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose Yes, historical, but too small. --Yann (talk) 09:22, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Far too small to be featured. Mattximus (talk) 02:28, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Request withdraw. This isn't going to go anywhere. -Indy beetle (talk) 03:15, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 04:58, 14 February 2019 (UTC)