A Time It Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties

  • View this image full size Photograph of Bill Eppridge, circa 1968, in his New York City apartment.
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  • View this image full size Bill Moyers and RFK aboard Air Force One, 1966.
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  • View this image full size Senator Robert F. Kennedy campaigns in Sioux City, Iowa, 1966.
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  • View this image full size Senator Robert F. Kennedy on his way to yet another campaign stop in 1966. He was campaigning for other Democrats.
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  • View this image full size LIFE magazine cover, November 18, 1966. Photograph by Bill Eppridge.
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  • View this image full size Kids run alongside convertible carrying Senator Robert F. Kennedy as he campaigns for Michigan Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, 1966.
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  • View this image full size A crush of young RFK supporters at the edge of a stage in Iowa.
  • View this image full size Senator Robert F. Kennedy standing above a sea of outstretched hands on a swing through the Midwest. Marion, Iowa, 1966.
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  • View this image full size Senator Robert F. Kennedy at home in Virginia with some of his children, October 1966.
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  • View this image full size Frenzied RFK supporters in Indiana, 1968 presidential campaign.
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  • View this image full size Police hold back RFK supporters at a rally in Indiana, 1968 presidential campaign.
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  • View this image full size Senator Robert F. Kennedy with campaign staff and others ride in a red convertible as they campaign in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1968.
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  • View this image full size Captivated supporters of RFK, 1968.
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  • View this image full size Press and staff ride in convertible and bus to another stop in the 1968 presidential campaign.
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  • View this image full size Bobby Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy walk on the beach in Oregon. Bobby wanted to swim but did not want the press to photograph him. 1968.
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  • View this image full size Cover of LIFE magazine, issue dated June 14, 1968. Published after the death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Cover image shows the senator and his dog Freckles on the beach in Oregon, just a few days before his death.
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  • View this image full size RFK, Ambassador Hotel, California primary victory speech. June 4, 1968.
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  • View this image full size RFK mortally wounded, Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968.
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  • View this image full size Busboy Juan Romero looks up in anguish as he holds Senator Robert F. Kennedy moments after he was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968.
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  • View this image full size Ethel Kennedy and Jean Kennedy Smith with RFK moments after he was shot, Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968.
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  • View this image full size Frank Mankiewicz makes the announcement that RFK has died, L.A., June 6, 1968.
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  • View this image full size President Johnson sent Air Force One to bring Senator Robert F. Kennedy's body back to New York. Family and friends are silhouetted against the plane's side by TV lights. June 6, 1968.
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  • View this image full size Man with child salutes the RFK funeral train as it passes by, June 8, 1968.
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  • View this image full size Along the entire route of the RFK funeral train, from New York to Washington, D.C., people line the tracks, their faces reflecting the national state of grief and disbelief. June 8, 1968.
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  • View this image full size People stand on an overpass to get a look at the RFK funeral train, June 8, 1968.
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  • View this image full size Holding a reversed flag, a sign of distress, along the tracks as the RFK funeral train rolls by, June 8, 1968.
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  • View this image full size The burned original print of mortally wounded Robert Kennedy held by busboy Juan Romero, Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968.
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