50 Years Later: An Obituary for Robert Kennedy
R obert Francis Kennedy was a family man and an open-minded politician who strived for change within the United States. Shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the Californian presidential primary, Senator Kennedy left us with a legacy that still holds up today. He lived life fully invested in what he believed in; hope for the future and equality for all. Serving as attorney general while his brother John was in office, he steadily became an advocate for peace in Vietnam and was actively fighting for civil rights, better education and improved housing conditions in poor neighbourhoods, something that would define his campaign for the presidency in 1968. The 1960s had already been overwhelmed with grief. The death of their former leader in 1963 and Martin Luther King Jr.’s in April 1968 left all hope up to one man. Only one man could change the country’s perspectives on important issues with just his charm, experience, and toothy...
