Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary

by Ray E. Boomhower

On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrived in Indiana to campaign for the Indiana Democratic presidential primary. As Kennedy boarded his flight from an appearance in Muncie to Indianapolis, he learned that civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot outside his hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. While on the plane, Kennedy heard the news that King had died. Despite warnings from Indianapolis police that they could not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253023785
• ISBN13: 9780253023780
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"