• This Month on WestView News
  • Featured
  • Monthly Columns
  • Editorials
  • Articles
  • Briefly Noted
  • WestViews
  • Photos
  • Front Page
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • EXTRA
Menu
  • This Month on WestView News
  • Featured
  • Monthly Columns
  • Editorials
  • Articles
  • Briefly Noted
  • WestViews
  • Photos
Home › Articles › People › Politics › June 6th — 50 Years Since RFK’s Death

June 6th — 50 Years Since RFK’s Death

Andreea June 9, 2018     Articles, People, Politics

On June 6, 1968, a year of intense turmoil in the U.S. and in the world, our country, still reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King, watched in horror as Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down.

RFK was not just John Kennedy’s little brother. At the time of his death he was New York’s Junior Senator and a candidate for president. Moments before he was shot he had been declared winner of the California Democratic presidential primary.

Recently, thanks to archives at WBAI, 99.5 FM (where I host a weekly talk show on Mondays from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.), I have been listening to RFK’s speeches from 1968. I have been floored. He was Bernie Sanders with a Boston accent. He was supportive of student rebellions, railed against economic inequality, staunchly supported the nascent Women’s Movement, and opposed the war in Vietnam.

I hope to explore his life more, and the loss that America suffered with his death, in WestView next month and on the air. I look forward to sharing what I discover.

—Arthur Z. Schwartz

 Previous Post

14th Street Closure: MTA Talks, DOT Balks

Next Post 

Clarifying My Maternal Ancestry

Related Articles

Remembrances of The Lost Village: Doris Deither the fighter
Life on Earth in Perspective
Wintry Mix

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

February 2019

Sign up for WestView News EXTRA

Visit our sponsors

 

Topics

  • Art & Architecture
  • Arts and Culture
  • Science/Nature
  • Food
  • Medical
  • Neighborhood
  • Expanded Caption
  • News
  • Opinion
  • People
  • Politics
  • Real Estate

Download WestView

Download Now:
February 2019 WestView News PDF

Donate

Make a donation to WestView




Subscribe Now

Subscribe to WestView News!

Read the Archives

WestView

staff

Copyright © WestView News