we are helping to get there that president kennedy asked me your help and what you gave so generously to him in one thousand nine hundred eight. j. edgar hoover then sent a memo to kennedy in which the f.b.i. chief referred to. allegations about bobby s alleged friendship with marilyn monroe well be refused to respond to the reporters. and. in august nine hundred sixty four the democrats held their national convention in atlantic city new jersey there were rumors about a johnson kennedy take it but they came to nothing but johnson insisted that kennedy speak the last of the convention so he wouldn t steal the show. when kennedy arrived to give his speech the delegates greeted him with a twenty two minute ovation to many of them bobby kennedy represented the tragedy
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
intervention in vietnam but only as a testing ground for developing counter insurgency. strategies. but by nine hundred sixty five under the johnson administration the country was at war while he was deeply troubled by the current conflict and he could not yet oppose it in public because it was part of his brother s political legacy. meanwhile more than two hundred thousand men were drafted into the us armed forces in one thousand nine hundred eighty five alone many of them from the working classes. johnson also ordered massive air strikes in north vietnam kennedy disagreed with his strategy because he believed that it would not bring hanoi to the negotiating table. by all of the heat concerned i m opposed to resuming the bombing at the moment until i have information that indicate that such reduction is necessary than our national interest. by nine hundred sixty seven vietnam was no longer john kennedy s legacy
our. young people think they are they. i dream thing everywhere they buy. my. johnson won the one nine hundred sixty four election by a landslide with sixty four percent of the path of the vote i ve. and bobby kennedy was elected to the u.s. senate even though he d faced criticism for being out of state candidate. he would continue his mission to shine america s future. in january nine hundred sixty five ethel gave birth to the couple s ninth child
grief. barely able to function he was no. longer a forceful presence of cabinet meetings surely it was bobby not johnson who was the rightful heir to the kennedy throne. johnson was a brilliant tactician and he quickly succeeded where the kennedy s had failed. to challenge to. the. community and ashley s. heart. to eliminate. vestiges of injustice. johnson managed to push the civil rights act through congress in one thousand nine hundred sixty four and the voting rights act one year later. he also set about