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  4. Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King

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  5. A Look Back at Robert F. Kennedy's Speech on the Day Martin Luther King

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  6. The Speech

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  1. Bobby Kennedy's Speech on MLK's Assassination (Reaction)

  2. Kennedy Asks For Compassion On Dr.King's Death

  3. Evidence Of Revision

  4. Robert F. Kennedy Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King

  5. Did the CIA Kill JFK? (Conspiracy Corner)

  6. RFK on MLK assassination (Obama '08, public domain)

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  1. Statement on Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr ...

    (The following text is taken from a news release version of Robert F. Kennedy's statement.) Senator Robert F. Kennedy Indianapolis, Indiana April 4, 1968. Listen to this speech. 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.

  2. Full RFK Speech

    FULL TEXT OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY'S SPEECH: INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 4, 1968. ... and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the ...

  3. Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King

    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 ...

  4. When Robert Kennedy Delivered the News of Martin Luther King's

    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 traveling ...

  5. PDF Speech on the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Robert F. Kennedy

    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.

  6. Remembering Robert F. Kennedy's Speech After Martin Luther King's ...

    When Robert F. Kennedy learned of Martin Luther King's assassination in April of 1968, he gave an impromptu speech in Indiana. Decades later, it's credited with calming the devastated crowd.

  7. I Was There For Robert Kennedy's Electrifying Speech about MLK's Murder

    Mary Evans was in the Indianapolis crowd the night Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech just after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April 1968. Here she recounts the emotion of that night in ...

  8. Robert F. Kennedy on the Death of Martin Luther King Jr.

    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.

  9. Robert F Kennedy Announcing The Death Of Martin Luther King

    April 4th, 1968 Martin Luther King was shot and killed.On that night, RFK, New York's senator back then, wanted to deliver the news to the people of Indianap...

  10. The History Place

    Amid the tragedy of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King on Thursday, April 4th, 1968, an extraordinary moment in American political history occurred as Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of slain President John F. Kennedy, broke the news of King's death to a large gathering of African Americans that evening in Indianapolis, Indiana.

  11. When Robert F. Kennedy Told an Indianapolis Crowd of King's Assassination

    April 4, 2018. Fifty years ago, Senator Robert F. Kennedy climbed onto the back of a flatbed truck to deliver the news to a largely African-American crowd in Indianapolis that the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

  12. Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    An impromptu speech delivered by then-Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the night of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, April 4, 1968.

  13. Robert F. Kennedy Speech on Death of MLK, Jr.

    Robert F. Kennedy himself was assassinated on June 5, 1968 while on a California primary stop in Los Angeles, just two months after announcing Dr. King's death to the African American community in Indianapolis. The unifying message delivered by Kennedy on April 4, 1968, is still remembered years later by those who heard his remarks in person.

  14. Robert Kennedy's Speech About Martin Luther King's Assassination

    Robert Kennedy's speech in Indianapolis following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered as one of the greatest speeches of the 20th ...

  15. Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    American Rhetoric: Robert F. Kennedy -- Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. R obert F. K ennedy. Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered 4 April 1968, Indianapolis, IN. Video Purchase. Audio mp3 of Address. click for pdf.

  16. Indianapolis, 1968: Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King and a ...

    On April 4, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. to a majority-black crowd in an Indianapolis park. His impromptu speech is...

  17. The Speech

    The Speech - Robert F. Kennedy, Indianapolis, and the Death of Martin Luther King Jr. March 31, 2022 The crowd that gathered at the Broadway Christian Center at Seventeenth and Broadway Streets on Indianapolis's near northside for an outdoor rally on a cold and windy evening on April 4, 1968, appeared to be in a festive mood despite the ...

  18. PDF LESSON PLAN Senator Robert F. Kennedy Speaks on Martin Luther King Jr

    Discuss how Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech created context for Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 speeches. Resources Needed Appendix A - TEKS and Common Core Standards Appendix B - Senator Robert F. Kennedy, "Statement on Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." and "Remarks at the Cleveland City Club."

  19. Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American clergyman and civil rights movement leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST.He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7:05 p.m.He was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was known for his use of nonviolence and civil ...

  20. The Speech

    The speech. On the night that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Robert Kennedy was in Indianapolis. He was already scheduled to speak in the urban park at 17th and Broadway. Many on Kennedy's team—as well as Indianapolis public officials—urged him to cancel the appearance. Kennedy's safety was at risk, especially in this ...

  21. 56th anniversary of MLK assassination, Robert Kennedy speech

    56th anniversary of MLK assassination, Robert Kennedy speech. INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Thursday marked a monumental moment in American history as it was April 4, 1968 that Rev. Martin Luther King ...

  22. How Dick and Doris Kearns Goodwin lived, created and chronicled the

    The RFK assassination, following victory in the California Democratic primary (and Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder earlier that year), was shattering for Goodwin, as for so many others.

  23. Robert F. Kennedy's Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Speech

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  24. Kennedy Family Endorses Biden, in a Show of Force Against RFK Jr.

    Accepting the endorsement, Mr. Biden said that Robert F. Kennedy's "passion and courage inspired my generation," recounting his speech calling for peace after the assassination of the Rev ...

  25. RFK Jr. siblings endorse Biden as their brother pursues independent bid

    He cited a speech Robert F. Kennedy delivered in Indianapolis the night that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Mr. Biden also mentioned that in the Oval Office, he has busts of both King ...

  26. 'Bobby Was Funny': Doris Kearns Goodwin Remembers JFK ...

    After John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Dick's files revealed how fiercely JFK's anguished brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, hated LBJ. ... And then Martin Luther King ...

  27. Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Event

    Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 1:47 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please, have a seat if you have one. (Laughter.) Mom and Dad, I hope you were listening ...