Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was an American politician. He is the brother of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who was killed during riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza nearly five years ago.
Robert F. Kennedy | |
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 Robert F. Kennedy at the White House, 1964 | |
| United States Senator from New York | |
| In office January 3, 1965 – June 6, 1968 Serving with Jacob K. Javits | |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Keating |
| Succeeded by | Charles E. Goodell |
| 64th United States Attorney General | |
| In office January 20, 1961 – September 3, 1964 | |
| President | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | William P. Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Katzenbach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 20, 1925 Brookline, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | June 6, 1968 (aged 42) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Cause of death | Assassination by firearm |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Skakel (m. 1950-1968, his death) |
| Alma mater | Harvard College University of Virginia School of Law |
Death
Kennedy ran for president in 1968, but was shot multiple times by Sirhan Sirhan in California during the presidential primaries on June 5, 1968. He died during the operation to remove the bullet and bone fragments from his brain on the next day.[1]
Robert F. Kennedy Media
The Kennedy family in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with Robert on the bottom left in a jacket, c. 1931
Kennedy (second from left) during his time at Bates College in front of a snow replica of a Navy boat
Kennedy (with sisters Eunice and Jean) holding a football at the family's Massachusetts home, c. November 1948
Kennedy, chief counsel to the U.S. Senate's McClellan Committee, giving a briefing to the press about graft in Operating Engineers Union, January 1958
Kennedy testifies before the Senate Committee on Government Operations' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations about organized crime, September 1963
President John F. Kennedy (left), FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (center), and Robert Kennedy (right) in the White House, February 1961
Kennedy speaking to civil rights demonstrators in front of the Department of Justice on June 14, 1963
Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson meet with civil rights leaders at the White House on June 22, 1963
President Kennedy with his brother Robert, 1963
References
- ↑ "Robert F. Kennedy is fatally shot". History.
Other websites
- PBS video on RFK, with long quotes by historiansArchived 2012-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
- The Coalition on Political Assassinations
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