Bobby Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign had an aura around it. Its urgency, idealism and raw emotion connected with a nation in turmoil. But his life was cut short, just as his brother's had been, by an assassin's bullet.Don's guest to help capture this remarkable man and campaign is Patricia Sullivan, Professor of history at the University of South Carolina and author "Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White".Please note this episode contains outdated strong language which has been used for historical context and accuracyProduced by Freddy Chick. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.
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Hello all, just a note for me before we get into this. This episode contains outdated strong language, which has been used for historical context and accuracy. That night at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, standing in that crowd cheering, you were part of something big. A movement, a mission, a blooming spirit of hope, a presidential campaign that had stirred the soul of a nation.
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Hallo und grüßt euch, das ist American History Hit, ich bin Don Wildman, glücklich, dass ihr hört. Heute ist eine Geschichte von einer fast Präsidentschaft, einer Präsidentschaftskampagne, die in tragischen Verhältnissen endete, ähnlich in manchen Fällen zum Tod des eigenen Bruders des Kandidaten, in dem er seine ehemalige Administration vertraut hat.
Ich spreche natürlich von Robert F. Kennedy, der, wie sein berühmtes Bruder, von einem Assassinsbullet gestorben ist. Kennedy's short campaign for the presidency happened in a crucible. It was 1968. There was the ongoing civil rights struggle as black, brown and indigenous Americans stood their ground against discrimination and poverty.
Massive riots occurred across the nation, in Watts 1965 after Malcolm X was murdered, in Detroit, Newark, Buffalo 1967, and in 68 of course after Dr. King met his sudden end on a Memphis balcony.
These horrific events of civil unrest in those years seemed to finally culminate in a fateful evening at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where Robert Kennedy and his supporters celebrated victory in the California primary.
Most predicted he would secure the Democratic nomination later that summer and face off against his brother's arch rival, Richard Nixon, a race seen by many as redemption for his family. in some ways for his brother's killing.
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