He tweets segment aired on June 23, 2016. Larry Tye, author of ' Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon,' which is set to be released July 5. A list of all his events can be found on Tye's website. Tye will be speaking about his book during a dinner discussion for the Fenway Park Writer Series at Wheels Up on Brookline Ave. But as Larry Tye writes in a new biography, RFK's transformation on key issues such as civil rights mirrored the transformation of the nation as a whole.

While Kennedy is often idolized for his leadership on progressive goals that defined the 1960s, he didn't start as a liberal icon. The speech inspired many, including anti-apartheid student activist and future Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall. Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon Audible Audiobook Unabridged Larry Tye (Author), Marc Cashman (Narrator), & 1 more 417 ratings Editors' pick Best History See all formats and editions Kindle 5.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. It was a time of major upheaval over apartheid, and he had been invited by the National Union of African Students.īobby Kennedy took to the podium at the University of Capetown and delivered what many historians say is one of his greatest speeches:Įach time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. (Dick Strobel/AP File) This article is more than 6 years old.įifty years ago, then-Sen.

A moment later he turned into a hotel kitchen corridor and was critically wounded. Kennedy speaking at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, following his victory in the California primary election.

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