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Robert F. Kennedy – Fallen Leader
September 17, 2014 @ 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Registration required; contact the organizer.
Imagine If RFK Had Not Been Shot
The election of 1968 was a tipping point in American History. Protests over the war in Vietnam. marches for Civil Rights, demands for change roiled the country. And then, just months apart, Martin Luther King and RFK were murdered. The Democratic Convention of 1968 descended into chaos, George Wallace entered the race and Richard Nixon squeaked out a victory.
Now ask: what would have happened if RFK had not been murdered and had run against Nixon in the general election. We’ll assume that he would have won all the states won by Humphrey. Then, it seems reasonable to assume, he would have won Illinois, California and New Jersey, which Humphrey lost despite their strong Democratic tilt. With those states, RFK would have been President.
What gun control laws, civil rights laws and environmental laws would he have championed? How many men who would die in Vietnam would have lived? The speculation is fascinating!
This probing multimedia biography will explore the growth and development of RFK personality and the amazing events that surrounded his short and meaningful life.