NPR: Robert Kennedy https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126939905 Robert Kennedy en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 06:08:30 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Robert Kennedy https://www.npr.org/tags/126939905/robert-kennedy Trump mandates assassination records be released for the Kennedy brothers and MLK Jr. Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017, but the release has been held up by national security concerns. Fri, 24 Jan 2025 04:18:49 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2025/01/24/nx-s1-5273409/trump-executive-order-jfk-mlk-assassination https://www.npr.org/2025/01/24/nx-s1-5273409/trump-executive-order-jfk-mlk-assassination

Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017, but the release has been held up by national security concerns.

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]]> Ayana Archie Sirhan Sirhan Has Served 53 Years For Killing Robert F. Kennedy. Soon He May Be Free Sirhan's sentence was commuted to life with the possibility of parole in 1972. On Friday, the California Board of Parole recommended parole. Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:44:51 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031507957/sirhan-sirhan-robert-f-kennedy-parole-hearing https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031507957/sirhan-sirhan-robert-f-kennedy-parole-hearing

Sirhan's sentence was commuted to life with the possibility of parole in 1972. On Friday, the California Board of Parole recommended parole.

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]]> Martin Kaste 50 Years After His Death, Making RFK More Than A Ghost And A Mural Multi-generations debate and reminisce about the legacy left by the slain Democratic senator from New York. He championed for better treatment of the poor and people of color. Tue, 05 Jun 2018 17:43:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/06/05/616886873/50-years-after-his-death-making-rfk-more-than-a-ghost-and-a-mural https://www.npr.org/2018/06/05/616886873/50-years-after-his-death-making-rfk-more-than-a-ghost-and-a-mural

Multi-generations debate and reminisce about the legacy left by the slain Democratic senator from New York. He championed for better treatment of the poor and people of color.

]]> Eric Westervelt From 'Runt Of The Litter' To 'Liberal Icon,' The Story Of Robert Kennedy Biographer Larry Tye says Kennedy wasn't always the "hot-blooded liberal" we remember today. The transformation wasn't a "flip-flop" he says; "he took things to heart in ways that few politicians do." Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:23:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2016/07/05/484780316/from-runt-of-the-litter-to-liberal-icon-the-story-of-robert-kennedy https://www.npr.org/2016/07/05/484780316/from-runt-of-the-litter-to-liberal-icon-the-story-of-robert-kennedy

Biographer Larry Tye says Kennedy wasn't always the "hot-blooded liberal" we remember today. The transformation wasn't a "flip-flop" he says; "he took things to heart in ways that few politicians do."

]]> Newspaper Editor, Activist John Seigenthaler Dies At 86 He worked for <em>The Tennessean</em> and took leave to assist Robert F. Kennedy in the White House and during the senator's 1968 presidential campaign<em>. </em>He later helped shape <em>USA Today. </em> Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:38:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/07/11/330763267/newspaper-editor-activist-john-seigenthaler-dies-at-86 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/07/11/330763267/newspaper-editor-activist-john-seigenthaler-dies-at-86 He worked for The Tennessean and took leave to assist Robert F. Kennedy in the White House and during the senator's 1968 presidential campaign. He later helped shape USA Today.

]]> Scott Neuman LOOKING BACK: RFK's 'Ripple Of Hope' Speech In South Africa Speaking in Cape Town on Sunday, President Obama recalled what some say was Robert Kennedy's greatest speech — the senator's 1966 address at a South African university. Sun, 30 Jun 2013 16:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/06/30/197342656/looking-back-rfks-ripple-of-hope-speech-in-south-africa https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/06/30/197342656/looking-back-rfks-ripple-of-hope-speech-in-south-africa A Meeting Of Great Minds: During his 1966 visit to South Africa, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy met with anti-apartheid activist Chief Luthuli and later spoke publicly about their meeting. Because of a government ban on media coverage of Luthuli, it was the first news many had of their leader in more than five years.'/>

Speaking in Cape Town on Sunday, President Obama recalled what some say was Robert Kennedy's greatest speech — the senator's 1966 address at a South African university.

]]> Mark Memmott Sirhan Sirhan, Up For Parole, Said To Have No Memory Of Killing Robert Kennedy Robert Kennedy's assassin Sirhan B. Sirhan gets a hearing before a California Board of Parole on Wednesday. William Weisel, a TV journalist hit by a bullet during the 1968 attack, tells CNN that he would not oppose Sirhan's release if the parole board granted it. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:19:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/03/02/134194618/sirhan-sirhan-up-for-parole-said-to-have-no-memory-of-killing-robert-kennedy https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/03/02/134194618/sirhan-sirhan-up-for-parole-said-to-have-no-memory-of-killing-robert-kennedy

Robert Kennedy's assassin Sirhan B. Sirhan gets a hearing before a California Board of Parole on Wednesday. William Weisel, a TV journalist hit by a bullet during the 1968 attack, tells CNN that he would not oppose Sirhan's release if the parole board granted it.

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]]> Wright Bryan Holding A Grudge For 30 Years: Jimmy Carter Against Ted Kennedy Grudges and slights have always been held in American political history.  But Jimmy Carter's grudge against Ted Kennedy for fighting him on health care continues to this day, 30 years later. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:38:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2010/09/21/130015737/holding-a-grudge-for-30-years-jimmy-carter-against-ted-kennedy https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2010/09/21/130015737/holding-a-grudge-for-30-years-jimmy-carter-against-ted-kennedy

Grudges and slights have always been held in American political history.  But Jimmy Carter's grudge against Ted Kennedy for fighting him on health care continues to this day, 30 years later.

]]> Ken Rudin A Question of Ethics If you were the editor, would Sen. Clinton's remark about Robert Kennedy's assassination be front page news? It's a question of ethics. Wed, 28 May 2008 12:56:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2008/05/a_question_of_ethics.html https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2008/05/a_question_of_ethics.html If you were the editor, would Sen. Clinton's remark about Robert Kennedy's assassination be front page news? It's a question of ethics.

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