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RandySF

(59,332 posts) Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:38 PM Jul 2016

Robert Kennedy Announcing the Assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (VIDEO)

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Robert Kennedy Announcing the Assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (VIDEO) (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2016 OP

That was in Indianapolis....no riots there that night! Jack Bone Jul 2016 #1

that's right. they played this on Fresh Air yesterday, I think. Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #2

Jack Bone

(2,023 posts)

1. That was in Indianapolis....no riots there that night!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:51 AM

Jul 2016

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

2. that's right. they played this on Fresh Air yesterday, I think.

Reply to Jack Bone (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:15 AM

Jul 2016

the author of a new RFK book, with hundreds of interviews, including the last one Ethel did. sounds pretty interesting

it follows his evolution from right wing maniac, essentially....he was friends with McCarthy, and actually liked him (worked for him during the witch hunt days, for those who didn't know that), into the person he became.

the author highlighted a meeting at his Virginia home after he'd been to Mississippi, saw the throngs of starving, malnourished people there, and told his family it was time to wise up, because they had NO idea what it was like to live as those people did. it forever changed him. very compelling stuff

http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/218033/bobby-kennedy-by-larry-tye/

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