we do not as whites only get out of the bottle and show up for every american to enjoy the privileges of being american but i ll be god race always. 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. bobby would never see his brother alive
information that indicate that such reduction is necessary or than our national interest. by nine hundred sixty seven vietnam was no longer john kennedy s legacy it was lyndon johnson s tragedy. robert kennedy was now politically isolated but he was determined to defy johnson and his allies. and johnson wasn t the only threat. our reports surface that kennedy as attorney general had approved wiretaps on dr martin luther king and others. bobby s reputation as a civil rights advocate lay in tatters but he survived his sent back and now focused his efforts on ending the conflict in vietnam. johnson s policies on the
again. it was the end of an era kennedy was devastated by the assassination and to a lesser extent by the fact that he and john would never be able to fulfill their vision for america. be fair that his brother would now go down in history as a well intentioned mater and that the kennedy presidency would be remembered mostly for they said final tragedy and not for the crises it had faced. lyndon johnson was sworn in as president bobby disliked johnson intensely and all of this seems