Childhood Early CareerAttorney General & Presidential Advisor

Civil Rights Advocate

Robert Francis Kennedy

1925 - 1968

Born November 20, 1925

Passes Bar Exam 1951

Chief Counsel

Senate Labor Relations 57-

59

’59 Runs JFK Presidential Campaign

’60 JFK appoints RFK

U.S. Attorney General

’63 JFK Assassinated

’64 wins NY Senate Seat

’68 announces Presidential Candidacy

Small, Serious &

Fearful

Kennedy children at London zooMoved to Great Britain at 12 when father, Joe became ambassador to U.K.

Child of Privilege

Middle Child

Oldest brother Joe died as war hero19 year-old Bobby sworn into Navy

Dutiful Son

Competitor/Hero

Rookie Attorney

Courageous Destroyer

Witness testifying to Senate Committee Formed to Investigate Labor Racketeering

Tense conversation with Jimmy Hoffa

Devoted Father

1967: Robert F. Kennedy and youngest son Douglas.

Brother Protector

Defender of Justice - Attorney GeneralKennedy expressed the administration's commitment to civil rights 1961

“ We will not stand by or be aloof—we will move. I happen to believe that the 1954 [Supreme Court school desegregation] decision was right. But my belief does not matter. It is now the law. Some of you may believe the decision was wrong. That does not matter. It is the law.[13] ”

Advisor to President Kennedy

During the Cuban missile crisis 1962

Defender of Freedom

Alabama Guardsmen Protecting Freedom Rider Bus

Grieving Brother

Senator from New York

Searching and Transformation

War Opponent

1964 - New York Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Project

Champion of Underprivileged

RFK in Africa 1966

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

RKF Speech to South African Students

With Caesar Chavez

“What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness but is love and wisdom.

… a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black."

April 4, 1968 RFK on assassination of MLK

Robert F. Kennedy campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in Detroit, May 15, 1968.

Andrew Sacks—Hulton Arhive/Getty Images

Mindless Menace of Violence Speech April 5, 1968

by MindwalkerStudiosby MindwalkerStudios

Excerpt from film by Mindwalker Studios – You Tube

Midnight on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhanwas arrested and charged with the murder.

“Is everyone okay?”

RFK’s last words