Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Q7344187)

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English Wikipedia categories: 1968 in American politics, 1968 in Indiana, 1968 speeches, 20th century in Indianapolis, African-American history of Indianapolis, April 1968 events in the United States, Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Indiana Democratic Party, Memorials to Martin Luther King Jr., Political events in Indiana, Speeches by Robert F. Kennedy, United States National Recording Registry recordings, Works about Martin Luther King Jr., Works about assassinations in the United States, Works based on Agamemnon (Aeschylus play)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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 earlier in the day. Before boarding a plane to attend campaign rallies in Indianapolis, he learned that King had been killed in Memphis, Tennessee. Upon arrival, Kennedy was informed that King had died. His own brother, John F. Kennedy had been assassinated on November 22, 1963. Robert F. Kennedy would be also assassinated two months after his speech, while campaigning for presidential nomination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Summary from Español / Spanish Wikipedia (eswiki)

El discurso sobre el asesinato de Martin Luther King, Jr. de Robert F. Kennedy fue realizado por el Senador por Nueva York Robert F. Kennedy el 4 de abril de 1968. Kennedy se encontraba en campaña para lograr la nominación presidencial del Partido Demócrata de 1968 y había hablado en la Universidad de Notre Dame y la Ball State University ese mismo día.^[1] Antes de abordar un avión para volar a Indianapolis para un último discurso en un barrio donde predominaban los hombres de color, se enteró de que le habían disparado a Martin Luther King, Jr., lo que llevó a su secretario de prensa Frank Mankiewicz a sugerirle que le pidiera a la audiencia que rezaran por la familia de King y que les pidiera que siguieran la política de no violencia de King.^[2] Se enteraron de King estaba muerto cuando aterrizaron en Indianapolis.

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