enjoy the privileges of being american without a doubt with race or color. in office nine hundred sixty three at least two hundred thousand people gathered in washington d.c. . to demand civil rights and jobs dr martin luther king stood in front of the lincoln memorial and delivered his historic i have a dream speech bobby kennedy respected king's commitment to civil rights but had concerns about his private life and had authorized the f.b.i. to tap his phone is later president johnson would use this to discredit kennedy with the black community. in november president kennedy flew to dallas texas for a series of political meetings. probably would never see his brother alive again. it was the end of an era bobby kennedy was devastated by the assassination and to