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 traveling ...

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 ...

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.

I have some very sad news for all of you, and, I think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world; and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings.

3 days ago · Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Apr 4, 2014 · (The following text is taken from a news release version of Robert F. Kennedy's statement.) Senator Robert F. Kennedy Indianapolis, Indiana April 4, 1968 Listen to this speech. I have bad news for you, for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight. Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and ...

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 Angeles, and Detroit. The city of Indianapolis did not experience riots related to King’s assassination, in …

Privately, Robert Kennedy signed the order to surveil King on the suspicion of being a Communist dupe. The FBI subsequently collected moral blackmail, recording King having extramarital sex. Robert Kennedy irresponsibly shared this and other secretively obtained derogatory information about King with his sister-in-law, Jacqueline Kennedy, as she later recounted to historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Jan 25, 2025 · 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.

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.