June 5, 2018

Looking Back On The Life Of Robert F. Kennedy, 50 Years After His Assassination

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Robert F. Kennedy appearing before the Platform Committee of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 1964. - U.S. News & World Report collection at the Library of Congress/public domain

Robert F. Kennedy appearing before the Platform Committee of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 1964.

U.S. News & World Report collection at the Library of Congress/public domain

Fifty years ago, Robert F. Kennedy was killed in California. Just two months earlier, he gave an impromptu speech in Indianapolis on the night Martin Luther King Jr. was killed.

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