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Focal Point: Robert Kennedy's 85-day crusade to save America, 1968.
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Focal Point: Robert Kennedy's 85-day crusade to save America, 1968.

A campaign to restore America's moral leadership.

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Brenda Elthon
Mar 18, 2023
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On March 16, 1968, Robert Kennedy stood before a large crowd of journalists in the ornate Caucus Room of the Old Senate Office Building and announced that he was a candidate for the presidency, just as his brother, John, had done in that same room eight years before.

“[T]hese are not ordinary times and this is not an ordinary election.”

“At stake is not …

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