Assassinations of King and Kennedy
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Crime
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, African Americans, Blacks, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History
- Geographical Location: Los Angeles, Tennessee
- Date: April 4 and June 4, 1968
Article abstract: Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy only five years before, the slayings of his brother and the leader of the Civil Rights movement elevate all three as martyrs to the cause of reform.
Summary of Event
In the first half of 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, two prominent Americans whose careers had been identified with demands for social change and dreams of building a better world through nonviolent reform, were shot to death in separate attacks. Although there is no evidence to suggest that the...
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