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SOURCE: PoliticalWire
6-5-18
Why RFK's assassination still matters today
by Leonard Steinhorn
As we look back on Robert Kennedy's death, we can trace a straight line from that tragic moment 50 years ago at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles to the racial resentments and grievances that Richard Nixon validated to the presidency of Donald J. Trump today.
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SOURCE: The Daily Beast
6-2-18
Rosey Grier: The Lineman Who Tried to Save RFK—And Voted for Trump
by Gil Troy
The arc of Rosey Grier’s political life challenges both parties—and both sides of the culture wars.
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6-4-18
Who Killed RFK? Sirhan Sirhan Did It.
by Mel Ayton
You can forget the belief he was put up to it by a hypnotist.
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SOURCE: NYT
6-1-18
How Robert Kennedy’s Assassination Changed American Politics
Coming after MLK's death, RFK's robbed many blacks and liberals of hope.
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SOURCE: Boston Globe
6/1/18
Now 2 of RFK’s children are calling for a fresh investigation of his assassination
They are not convinced that Sirhan Sirhan killed him.
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SOURCE: NY Review of Books
5-31-18
Writer impressed with Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s evolving attitude toward Robert Kennedy
by David Margolick
In his 6,000 word daily journal Schlesinger never even bothered to note when he first met RFK. Later he fell in love.
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SOURCE: WSP
2-12-18
RFK's visit to Appalachia, 50 years later: How Kennedy country became Trump country
Children of Kennedy Democrats are Trump Republicans. And for those inspired by RFK in 1968, what should be a happy anniversary is instead an occasion to puzzle a drastic reversal of political fortune.
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9-17-17
It’s Good to See the Mainstream Media Debunking Conspiracy Claims, but Where Were They Years Ago When RFK’s Death Became Fodder for Nutty Stories?
by Mel Ayton
Hopefully they’ll do better next year on the 50th anniversary.
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3-11-16
Why I Miss the Kennedys
by Walter G. Moss
We could use their mix of idealism and realism again.
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12-7-14
What if Americans Outlawed Private Gun Ownership?
by Jeff Roquen
Imagine how different the world might be if Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King had lived.
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SOURCE: Boston Globe
11-24-13
Robert F. Kennedy saw conspiracy in JFK’s assassination
RFK responded to his brother's assassination with crippling grief and growing suspicions.
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11-18-13
The Kennedys and Martin Luther King
by Yohuru Williams
King and the Kennedys remain important symbols of the power of hope and the promise of a just democracy.
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SOURCE: New York Post
10-21-13
Did RFK swipe JFK's missing brain?
And is this headline clickbait? You bet!
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5-7-12
CNN's Conspiracy Bias in the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
by Mel Ayton
Now major news organizations appear to be leading the conspiracy charge.
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Bobby Kennedy in The Sixties: A Photographer's Reminiscence
by Bill Eppridge
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Robert F. Kennedy and the 82 Days That Inspired America
by Thurston Clarke
In 1968, America was a wounded nation.
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The Kennedy Brothers and Civil Rights
by Sheldon M. Stern
In The Bystander: John F. Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality, Basic Books, 2006, Nick Bryant concludes that JFK was too cautious and hesitant on civil rights.
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The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the Girl in the Polka Dot Dress
by Mel Ayton
For the past forty years the issue of conspiracy in the Robert Kennedy assassination has continued to haunt America.
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The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination: The Acoustics Evidence
by Steve Barber
Some years following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel on the night of June 4/5 1968 critics of the official version of the assassination said there were audio recordings of more than 8 shots fired when RFK was shot.
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Conspiracy Thinking and the John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Assassinations: Part I
by Mel Ayton
A child dies from some unexplained illness; fisherman sail off never to return; random violence takes the life of an innocent bystander. And always behind these tragic events lies the question – Why?