TY - BOOK ID - 118488605 TI - Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana primary AU - Boomhower, Ray E. AU - United States. PY - 2008 SN - 1280671084 9786613648013 0253007755 PB - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Legislators KW - Political campaigns KW - Presidential candidates KW - Primaries KW - Speeches, addresses, etc., American. KW - History KW - Kennedy, Robert F., KW - Oratory. KW - United States. KW - Indiana KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - American orations KW - American speeches KW - Direct primaries KW - Elections, Primary KW - Presidential primaries KW - Primary elections KW - Elections KW - Nominations for office KW - Campaigns, Election KW - Campaigns, Political KW - Election campaigns KW - Electioneering KW - Electoral politics KW - Negative campaigns KW - Politics, Practical KW - Kennedy, Robert Francis, KW - Kennedi, Robert, KW - Kennedy, Bobby, KW - RFK, KW - Mei-kuo tsʻan i yüan KW - State of Indiana KW - Hoosier State KW - Indiǣna KW - إنديانا KW - Indīyāna KW - Indiana suyu KW - Штат Індыяна KW - Shtat Indyi︠a︡na KW - Індыяна KW - Indyi︠a︡na KW - Индиана KW - Índíʼyéenah Hahoodzo KW - Ιντιάνα KW - Intiana KW - Πολιτεία της Ιντιάνα KW - Politeia tēs Intiana KW - Estado de Indiana KW - Indianio KW - Stato de Indianio KW - Indăn KW - ʻInikiana KW - Индианæ KW - Indianæ KW - אינדיאנה KW - Indiʼanah KW - Indiana Territory UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118488605 AB - 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 that they could not guarantee his safety, and brushing off concerns from his own staff, Kennedy decided to proceed with plans to address an outdoor ER -