rfk - leader
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Childhood Early CareerAttorney General & Presidential Advisor
Civil Rights Advocate
Robert Francis Kennedy
1925 - 1968
Born November 20, 1925
Passes Bar Exam 1951
Chief Counsel
Senate Labor Relations 57-
59
’59 Runs JFK Presidential Campaign
’60 JFK appoints RFK
U.S. Attorney General
’63 JFK Assassinated
’64 wins NY Senate Seat
’68 announces Presidential Candidacy
Small, Serious &
Fearful
Kennedy children at London zooMoved to Great Britain at 12 when father, Joe became ambassador to U.K.
Child of Privilege
Middle Child
Oldest brother Joe died as war hero19 year-old Bobby sworn into Navy
Dutiful Son
Competitor/Hero
Rookie Attorney
Courageous Destroyer
Witness testifying to Senate Committee Formed to Investigate Labor Racketeering
Tense conversation with Jimmy Hoffa
Devoted Father
1967: Robert F. Kennedy and youngest son Douglas.
Brother Protector
Defender of Justice - Attorney GeneralKennedy expressed the administration's commitment to civil rights 1961
“ We will not stand by or be aloof—we will move. I happen to believe that the 1954 [Supreme Court school desegregation] decision was right. But my belief does not matter. It is now the law. Some of you may believe the decision was wrong. That does not matter. It is the law.[13] ”
Advisor to President Kennedy
During the Cuban missile crisis 1962
Defender of Freedom
Alabama Guardsmen Protecting Freedom Rider Bus
Grieving Brother
Senator from New York
Searching and Transformation
War Opponent
1964 - New York Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Project
Champion of Underprivileged
RFK in Africa 1966
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
RKF Speech to South African Students
With Caesar Chavez
“What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness but is love and wisdom.
… a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black."
April 4, 1968 RFK on assassination of MLK
Robert F. Kennedy campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in Detroit, May 15, 1968.
Andrew Sacks—Hulton Arhive/Getty Images
Mindless Menace of Violence Speech April 5, 1968
by MindwalkerStudiosby MindwalkerStudios
Excerpt from film by Mindwalker Studios – You Tube
Midnight on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhanwas arrested and charged with the murder.
“Is everyone okay?”
RFK’s last words