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...

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 ...

Apr 4, 2014 · Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we …

Jan 23, 2025 · DECLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS CONCERNING THE ASSASSINATIONS OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY, AND THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

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.

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 …

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.

Full text and audio mp3 of Robert F. Kennedy Statement on Martin Luther King's Death

4 days ago · Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lies shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, as associates point to the area where the shots came from.

2 days ago · Historians say the Trump-ordered release of more information on the killings of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. could be interesting but unlikely to rewrite ...