Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nyaya yaida kuti Kennedy afunge nezvayo muSeneti yaiva bhiri raPurezidhendi Eisenhower reCivil Rights Act ra1957. VaKennedy vakapa vhoti yekuramba uye izvi zvakaonekwa nevamwe sekunyaradza vavengi veSouthern Democratic vemutemo uyu. Kennedy akavhotera Musoro III womutemo wacho, uyo waizodai wakapa Gweta Guru reHurumende simba rokurayira, asi Mutungamiriri weVazhinjisa Lyndon B. Johnson akabvuma kurega urongwa hwacho huchifa sechinhu chokugadzirisa. Kennedy akavhoterawo Musoro IV, unonzi "Jury Trial Amendment". Vatsigiri vorusununguko rwavanhu vazhinji panguva iyoyo vakatsoropodza vhoti iyoyo seimwe yaizoderedza mutemo wacho. Bhiri rokupedzisira rokugadzirisa, iro Kennedy akatsigira, rakapfuudzwa muna September 1957. Iye akakarakadza pana July 2, 1957, kuti rutsigiro rweU.S.
Kuedza kweAlgeria kuwana rusununguko kubva kuFrance. Gore rakatevera racho, Kennedy akanyora bhuku rinonzi "A Nation of Immigrants" (rakazobudiswa muna 1964), iro rakaongorora kukosha kwevanhu vaiuya kuzogara kune dzimwe nyika munhoroondo yenyika yacho uyewo raitaura kuti mutemo wevanhu vaiuya kuzogara kune dzimwe nyika uongororwe.