November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968
Forty-five years ago, our country was in a state of political unrest with the divisiveness of both the war in Vietnam and the war for equality in the Civil Rights Movement. 1968 saw the assassinations of two great men – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Forty-five years later, in some sense, we are still faced with the same fights they both championed.
By 1968, the Kennedy family had already suffered their fair share of tragedy but RFK’s death was another to be added to their list of sorrows. On June 5, 1968, RFK had just won the California Presidential Primary and had delivered a speech to his supporters at The Ambassador Hotel in California. After leaving the stage, Kennedy walked through the hotel’s kitchen and was shot by a 24-year old named, Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was rushed to the hospital and died on June 6th.
Keith Runyon, who volunteered for Kennedy’s campaign, recently wrote an article that captures the landscape of the time when Kennedy was shot. It is a tribute to the time and the role RFK played in history. You can read the article here.
For more on RFK’s life, you can read the article, Robert Francis Kennedy: Attorney General, Senator and Heir of the New Frontier, here.
