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− | '''Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy''' (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called '''RFK''', was an [[United States|American]] politician. He is the brother of former [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]], who was [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|killed]] during riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza nearly five years ago. | + | '''Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy''' (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called '''RFK''', was an [[United States|American]] politician. He is the brother of former [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]], who was [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|killed]] while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza nearly five years ago. |
| == Death == | | == Death == |
| {{main|Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy}} | | {{main|Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy}} |
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| File:RFK BrooklineMass.png|Kennedy's birthplace in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]] | | File:RFK BrooklineMass.png|Kennedy's birthplace in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]] |
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− | File:V12-kennedy-910-D-0051.jpg|Kennedy (second from left) in front of a snow replica of a Navy boat at [[Bates College]] | + | File:Kennedys1939Boston.jpg|Ambassador Joseph Kennedy Sr. visits his sons (Robert, second from right) in [[Boston]] {{Circa|1939}} |
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| File:RFK 1948 football.jpg|Kennedy (with sisters [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver|Eunice]] and [[Jean Kennedy Smith|Jean]]) holding a football at the [[Kennedy Compound|family's Massachusetts home]], {{Circa|November 1948}} | | File:RFK 1948 football.jpg|Kennedy (with sisters [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver|Eunice]] and [[Jean Kennedy Smith|Jean]]) holding a football at the [[Kennedy Compound|family's Massachusetts home]], {{Circa|November 1948}} |
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− | File:Robert Kennedy, Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate's McClellan Committee, giving a briefing to the press about graft in Operating Engineers Union, Washington, D.C.png|Kennedy, chief counsel to the [[McClellan Committee|Senate Rackets Committee]], giving a briefing to the press about graft in [[International Union of Operating Engineers|Operating Engineers Union]], {{ca|January 1958}} | + | File:Robert Kennedy, Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate's McClellan Committee, giving a briefing to the press about graft in Operating Engineers Union, Washington, D.C.png|Kennedy, chief counsel to the [[McClellan Committee|Senate Rackets Committee]], giving a briefing to the press about graft in the [[International Union of Operating Engineers|Operating Engineers Union]], {{circa|January 1958}} |
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| File:Cox, Hoover, RFK.jpg|FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] (left), Robert Kennedy (center) and Solicitor General [[Archibald Cox]] (right) at the White House on May 7, 1963 | | File:Cox, Hoover, RFK.jpg|FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] (left), Robert Kennedy (center) and Solicitor General [[Archibald Cox]] (right) at the White House on May 7, 1963 |
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| File:Photograph of White House Meeting with Civil Rights Leaders. June 22, 1963 - NARA - 194190 (no border).tif|Kennedy and Vice President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] meet with civil rights leaders at the White House on June 22, 1963 | | File:Photograph of White House Meeting with Civil Rights Leaders. June 22, 1963 - NARA - 194190 (no border).tif|Kennedy and Vice President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] meet with civil rights leaders at the White House on June 22, 1963 |
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− | File:President with Attorney General. President Kennedy, Attorney General Kennedy. White House, Oval Office Doorway. - NARA - 194221.jpg|President Kennedy with his brother Robert, {{ca|1963}} | + | File:President with Attorney General. President Kennedy, Attorney General Kennedy. White House, Oval Office Doorway. - NARA - 194221.jpg|Robert with his brother John, {{circa|1963}} |
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| + | File:JFK's family leaves Capitol after his funeral, 1963.jpg|Robert Kennedy at the [[State funeral of John F. Kennedy|funeral]] of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, on November 25, 1963 |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
| == References == | | == References == |
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| == Other websites == | | == Other websites == |
| *[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rfk/filmmore/pt.html PBS video on RFK, with long quotes by historians]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102224442/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rfk/filmmore/pt.html |date=2012-01-02 }} | | *[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rfk/filmmore/pt.html PBS video on RFK, with long quotes by historians]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102224442/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rfk/filmmore/pt.html |date=2012-01-02 }} |
− | *[http://www.politicalassassinations.com The Coalition on Political Assassinations] | + | *[http://www.politicalassassinations.com The Coalition on Political Assassinations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505215706/http://www.politicalassassinations.com/ |date=2008-05-05 }} |
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| [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] | | [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] |
| [[Category:Lawyers from Massachusetts]] | | [[Category:Lawyers from Massachusetts]] |
| + | [[Category:Assassinated American politicians]] |