Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary

by Ray E. Boomhower

Book Overview

On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrived in Indiana to campaign for the Indiana Democratic presidential primary. As Kennedy prepared to fly 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. Before his plane landed in Indianapolis, Kennedy heard the news that King had died. Despite warnings from Indianapolis police...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253350891
• ISBN13: 9780253350893
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher