April 3, 2008

Indianapolis, April 4, 1968

On April 4, 1968, forty years ago, Robert F. Kennedy was scheduled to give a campaign speech in Indianapolis, when news of the assassination of Martin Luther King reached him. Rejecting the advice of many advisors, Kennedy continued toward the ghetto playground where he was to give his speech, undeterred by a police warning that they could not provide him with protection if things got out of control. This video features the original sound of Bob Kennedy's remarks disclosing the death of Martin Luther King to an Afro-american crowd.