Robert Kennedy, The Great President America Lost in 1968

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Robert Kennedy was one of the most adored leaders in American history. Robert Francis Kennedy. He was a close adviser to his brother John F. Kennedy during his administration and is regarded as an icon of American liberalism. He managed the successful presidential campaign of his brother. Bobby Kennedy’s support for the African-American Civil Rights Movement and his struggle against graft and organized crime are a few of his most illustrious accomplishments while serving in the White House.

Robert stayed in the White House for several months during the Johnson administration after his brother’s murder in November 1963, when JFK was shot while traveling in a motorcade in downtown Dallas, Texas. After leaving, he ran for Senate in New York and was elected in 1964. While in government, he supported the civil rights movement even more, opposed American involvement in the Vietnam War, and developed friendships with Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy launched his bid for the presidency of the United States on March 16, 1968. One of the photographers in the press area for the reveal in Washington, DC, was Magnum photographer Erich Hartmann.

“I am today announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the United States. I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man, but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done, and I feel that I’m obliged to do all I can.”

“I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done”

– Robert F. Kennedy

Initially, it appeared that Kennedy would be running against President Lyndon B. Johnson, but on March 31, Johnson declared he would not run for re-election. Kennedy instead competed against Minnesota senator and Johnson’s top rival Eugene McCarthy. Kennedy ran for president in the primaries all through the spring of 1968. Following him on the campaign route, Magnum photographer Burt Glinn captured a typed copy of a speech he delivered in New York, in which he expressed his hope that his “new efforts for peace in Vietnam” would be successful. Additionally, Kennedy is shown surrounded by crowds of fans in Constantine Manos’ photographs of a rally in Pennsylvania.

Kennedy was assassinated in the early hours of June 5, 1968, outside the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after giving a speech to honor his victory in the California primary. He passed away the following day at the age of 42.

In 1969, Kennedy’s murderer Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian Arab with Jordanian citizenship who was born in Jerusalem, was found guilty. At Sirhan’s home, diary entries were discovered that stated, “My resolve to assassinate RFK is becoming an unbreakable obsession. Robert Kennedy must perish. Killing RFK is necessary. Killing Robert F. Kennedy is necessary. In 1972, he was given a death sentence; however, after the California Supreme Court abolished the death penalty, his term was reduced to life in prison.

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At Robert Kennedy’s funeral, the youngest Kennedy brother Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy (1921-2009) spoke of his brother’s altruism: “Beneath it all, he has tried to engender a social conscience. There were wrongs that needed attention. There were people who were poor and needed help. And we have a responsibility to them and to this country. Through no virtues and accomplishments of our own, we have been fortunate enough to be born in the United States under the most comfortable conditions. We, therefore, have a responsibility to others who are less well off.”

From New York to Washington, D.C., the funeral procession was notably captured by Paul Fusco. The crowds that patiently lined the route in the sweltering June weather are evidence of the respect and love that American citizens had for the politician.

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