Robert F Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)
So many times in the past, those of us who have stood up for the rights of the human race, who have proposed and even implemented change, have been liked by a majority but through the hatred of the minority they are destroyed. Sometimes this destruction is literal, for example assassination. This was the case for Robert F. Kennedy, born on November 20th, 1925 and who died on June 5th, 1968, with three bullet wounds to his chest. This is who I will be talking about today.
In his forty three years of life, Robert F. Kennedy achieved so much. During his life, RFK gained the trust and respect of the American people, he delivered some of the most famous speeches of all time and gained some of the highest positions that can be possibly attained in the U.S. Senate, including Attorney-General. RFK wrote five books and many other publications on politics and various issues that were confronting his nation and his generation. Another one of RFK’s accomplishments was the founding of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Corporation to rebuild one of New York City’s worst ghettos. In 1963, JFK, Robert Kennedy’s brother and president of the U.S, was assassinated. Determined to continue his brother's vision, Kennedy re-entered public life. In 1964 he ran for the U.S. Senate for New York and won by a margin of more than 700,000 votes. One of RFK’s final achievements during his life was the winning of five presidential primaries, all of which were southern states whose opinions of RFK were famously hateful. RFK would most probably have become the president of the U.S if it wasn’t for his death. However, Robert F. Kennedy didn’t just stop achieving things once he died, but only continued to gain so much more recognition. In 1978 he received posthumously the Gold Medal of Honour, and in the months and years after his death multiple organisations were formed and roads, public schools and other facilities across the U.S. were named in his memory. However, not
So many times in the past, those of us who have stood up for the rights of the human race, who have proposed and even implemented change, have been liked by a majority but through the hatred of the minority they are destroyed. Sometimes this destruction is literal, for example assassination. This was the case for Robert F. Kennedy, born on November 20th, 1925 and who died on June 5th, 1968, with three bullet wounds to his chest. This is who I will be talking about today.
In his forty three years of life, Robert F. Kennedy achieved so much. During his life, RFK gained the trust and respect of the American people, he delivered some of the most famous speeches of all time and gained some of the highest positions that can be possibly attained in the U.S. Senate, including Attorney-General. RFK wrote five books and many other publications on politics and various issues that were confronting his nation and his generation. Another one of RFK’s accomplishments was the founding of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Corporation to rebuild one of New York City’s worst ghettos. In 1963, JFK, Robert Kennedy’s brother and president of the U.S, was assassinated. Determined to continue his brother's vision, Kennedy re-entered public life. In 1964 he ran for the U.S. Senate for New York and won by a margin of more than 700,000 votes. One of RFK’s final achievements during his life was the winning of five presidential primaries, all of which were southern states whose opinions of RFK were famously hateful. RFK would most probably have become the president of the U.S if it wasn’t for his death. However, Robert F. Kennedy didn’t just stop achieving things once he died, but only continued to gain so much more recognition. In 1978 he received posthumously the Gold Medal of Honour, and in the months and years after his death multiple organisations were formed and roads, public schools and other facilities across the U.S. were named in his memory. However, not
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