Bobby Kennedy
JFK's younger brother
Bobby Kennedy is the familiar name for Robert F.
Kennedy (1925–1968), American politician who served as U.S.
Attorney General under his brother President John F.
Kennedy and later as a New York senator.
He was assassinated while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The nickname distinguishes him from his brother JFK and signals the personal connection many Americans felt toward him.
- RFKSlain senator's monogram
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- 1968Volatile year of upheaval
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
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- KennedysJFK, RFK, Maria Shriver, compound, political dynasty
- 1968Tet Offensive, MLK assassination, RFK assassination, Prague Spring, Apollo 8
- Counterculture IconsTimothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Huey Newton
- LBJ EraLBJ, Great Society, Vietnam War, War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act
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