Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F.

Kennedy and served as U.S.

Attorney General during his brother's administration.

He became a senator from New York and was assassinated in 1968 while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Often called Bobby Kennedy or RFK, he remains a symbol of idealistic liberalism cut short: She compared the young candidate to Robert Kennedy.

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political ideology

Robert KennedyGeorge Wallace

Alabama segregationist politician

Barry Goldwater · segregationist · Jimmy Hoffa · J. Edgar Hoover · Richard Nixon

political dynasty and outsider status

Robert KennedyGeorge Wallace

Alabama segregationist politician

Richard Nixon · Jimmy Carter · Ross Perot · Donald Trump

assassination and legacy

Robert Kennedyassassin

Paid murderer of targets

Lee Harvey Oswald · Richard Nixon

Family

Robert, Kennedy, robber, robbery, robbing, robbed

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