Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
On April 4, 1968, United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York delivered an improvised speech several hours after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Kennedy, who was campaigning to earn the Democratic Party 's presidential nomination, made his remarks while in Indianapolis, Indiana, after speaking at two Indiana universities earl...
Statement on Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., …
Apr 4, 2014 · I have bad news for you, for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight. Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human …
When Robert Kennedy Delivered the News of Martin Luther King…
Apr 2, 2018 · Martin Luther King Jr.—murdered. The news of April 4, 1968, was like a body blow to Senator Robert Kennedy. He “seemed to shrink back,” said John J. Lindsay, a Newsweek reporter...
The Speech – Robert F. Kennedy, Indianapolis, and the Death of Martin …
Mar 31, 2022 · Most who had gathered in this majority Black neighborhood, however, had not yet heard the horrible news that, earlier in the evening, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, had been gunned down by an assassin outside of his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee.
Statement on the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1968
5 days ago · Audio recording of Senator Robert F. Kennedy announcing the news of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. to listeners during a Presidential campaign speech in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 4, 1968.
Indianapolis officials wanted Robert F. Kennedy to cancel an open-air campaign rally in a Black neighborhood after a then-unknown assailant shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on a motel balcony in Memphis. Kennedy insisted upon speaking. He arrived late, after dark, to a crowd waiting in a parking lot near some basketball courts.
Some feel it was foreshadowing his death – on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee at the Lorraine Motel. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was campaigning in Indiana for the Democratic Nomination for President of the
Robert F. Kennedy Speech on Death of MLK, Jr.
On April 4, 1968, Civil Rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. News of his passing spread throughout the country, sparking multi-day riots in over 100 cities including Washington DC, Kansas City, Los …
Kennedy’s speech: A call for love, wisdom and compassion
On April 4, 1968, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech to a largely African-American audience in Indianapolis in the wake of the assassination earlier that day in Memphis, Tenn., of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy on the Death of Martin Luther King Jr. - The Atlantic
May 31, 2020 · Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 speech following Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination offers a stark lesson in what has changed—and what remains the same—more than 50 years later.