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Robert Kennedy

A photographic contact sheet of images of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968

The liberal ideal that died with Robert Kennedy

Politics

After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, many believed Robert Kennedy was going to carry on the reforming fight. But when he too was assassinated many lost hope for a new America. Looking back 50 years on after his death on June 6, 1968, some argue that Kennedy’s death meant America lost a liberal idealism that has never been recaptured.

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Arts, Culture & Media
The World

All in the Family? Kennedy’s Senate Succession

Global Politics

Will Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat be filled by another Kennedy? Both Joe, Robert Kennedy’s son, and Vicki, Ted’s wife, have been mentioned as possible successors. For more, The Takeaway talks to Boston journalist Christopher Lydon.