On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrived in
Indiana to campaign for the Indiana Democratic presidential
primary. As Kennedy prepared to fly from an appearance in Muncie to
Indianapolis, he learned that civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., had been shot outside his hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Before his plane landed in Indianapolis, Kennedy heard the news
that King had died. Despite warnings from Indianapolis police that
they could not guarantee his safety, and brushing off concerns from
his own staff, Kennedy decided to proceed with plans to address an
outdoor rally to be held in the heart of the city's African
American community. On that cold and windy evening, Kennedy broke
the news of King's death in an impassioned, extemporaneous speech
on the need for compassion in the face of violence. It has proven
to be one of the great speeches in American political history.
Marking the 40th anniversary of Kennedy's Indianapolis speech,
this book explains what brought the politician to Indiana that day,
and explores the characters and events of the 1968 Indiana
Democratic presidential primary in which Kennedy, who was an
underdog, had a decisive victory.
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