RFK: The Last Good Campaign: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

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The Last Good Campaign: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

Increasingly opposed to the Vietnam War, Robert F. Kennedy struggled over whether he should challenge his party’s incumbent president, Lyndon Johnson, in 1968. His younger brother, Teddy, was against it. His wife, Ethel, urged him on. Many feared he would be assassinated, like the older brother he mourned.

by Thurston Clarke June 2008

Bobby Kennedy campaigns in Indianapolis during May of 1968, with various aides and friends, including (behind and left of Kennedy) former prizefighter Tony Zale and (right of Kennedy) N.F.L. stars Lamar Lundy, Rosey Grier, and Deacon Jones.

In support of Kennedy’s anti-war stance, Berkeley students pack a California stadium to hear him speak, 1968.

Kennedy greets well-wishers at a campaign stop in Oregon. He had initially agonized about entering the race against the Democratic incumbent, Lyndon Johnson. After announcing his candidacy, Kennedy said, “I don’t know what’s going to happen, but at least I’m at peace with myself.”...

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