rfk

=Robert Kennedy=


 * Directions**: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual //and// provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?


 * Questions to consider:**
 * What motivated RFK to get involved in the 1968 presidential campaign?
 * What was his message to the American people?
 * How do his goals, proposed policies, message compare to LBJ's Great Society or JFK's New Frontier?
 * What were his major concerns in 1968 and how did he propose to address these concerns?

[|http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838068,00.html]
 * Resources**
 * Vanity Fair, "The Last Good Campaign,' []
 * JFK Presidential Library: Speeches by Bobby Kennedy: []
 * American Experience: The Kennedys: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/peopleevents/p_rfk.html
 * American Experience: The Kennedys: RFK's Statement on the Assassination of MLK Jr (1968).: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/filmmore/ps_indy.html
 * RFK: Speech Announcing Candidacy: http://www.4president.org/Speeches/rfk1968announcement.htm
 * American Experience: The Kennedys: RFK's Speech on Civil Rights (1966):[| http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/filmmore/ps_capetown.html]
 * 1968 Campaign Brochure: http://www.4president.org/brochures/rfk1968brochure.htm
 * 1968 TV Commercials: http://tv.4president.us/tv1968.htm
 * Time Magazine, "Bobby's Groove," (March 29, 1968):