Research Catalog

Title

The gospel according to RFK : why it matters now / edited and with commentary by Norman MacAfee.

Author

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.

Publication

New York : Basic Books, 2008.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

MacAfee, Norman.

Description

vii, 200 p.; 21 cm.

Uniform Title

Speeches. Selections

Alternative Title

Speeches.

Subject

• Presidents > United States > Election > 1968
• African Americans > History > 20th century
• Environmental policy > United States > History > 20th century
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969
• United States > Social policy
• United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"These are not ordinary times and this is not an ordinary election" : Washington, D.C., March 16, 1968 -- Ending the war : Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, March 18, 1968 -- The other America : University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, March 18, 1968 -- Dissent in time of war : Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, March 21, 1968 -- National reconciliation : University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 21, 1968 -- California rallies : California, March 23, 1968 ; Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, March 24, 1968 -- The grand alliance : Salinas/Monterey, California, March 24, 1968 -- "...through the eyes of the poor" : Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California, March 24, 1968 -- The spirit of the young : Weber State College, Ogden, Utah, March 27, 1968 -- Johnson withdraws : New York City, April 1, 1968 -- Community development : Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York, April 1, 1968 -- On the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. : Indianapolis, Indiana, April 4, 1968 -- On the mindless menace of violence : Cleveland, Ohio, April 5, 1968 -- In Black America : Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 10, 1968 ; Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, April 11, 1968 -- The art of peace : Portland, Oregon, April 17, 1968 -- Celebration in Brooklyn : Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York, April 18, 1968 -- Ending hunger and malnutrition : Washington, D.C., April 23, 1968 -- No more Vietnams : Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, April 24, 1968 -- Health care : Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 26, 1968 -- The American farmland : Otoe County Courthouse, Nebraska City, Nebraska, May 10, 1968 ; Brookings, South Dakota, May 11, 1968 -- The question of welfare : press release, May 19, 1968 -- The new politics : San Francisco, California, May 21, 1968 -- Cleaning our air and our waters : press release, May 26, 1968 -- Victory : Los Angeles, California, June 4, 1968.

ISBN

9780465003587 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2008299382

OCLC

176894858

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library