Jun 8th, 2008 · Robert F. Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery 40 years ago Sunday. Weekend Edition Sunday remembers Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign as part of the NPR series "Echoes of 1968." Guest Host Audie Cornish talks to John Seiganthaler about the effect of RFK's assassination on American politics and the role of race in the current presidential campaign.
Jun 6th, 2008 · Photojournalist Bill Eppridge was following Sen. Robert Kennedy into the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel when shots rang out. Despite a request for photographers to leave, he remained in the room, sensing he should document the moment.
Jun 5th, 2008 · After declaring victory in the California primary 40 years ago, Robert F. Kennedy left the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel and into the kitchen pantry, where he was shot and killed. Patt Morrison wonders why the actual site of the assassination was not saved for posterity.
Jun 5th, 2008 · On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy's hotel suite was a "madhouse" of celebration as he and supporters reveled in his California primary victory. But when shots rang out in the hotel kitchen pantry, Ted Sorensen's first thought was, how could this have happened again?
Jun 4th, 2008 · Forty years ago at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Pete Hamill tried to wrestle the gun away from Sirhan Sirhan, Robert F. Kennedy's assassin. Hamill discusses a new book about RFK on the anniversary of his last day.
Jun 4th, 2008 · Journalist Jack Newfield's close work with Robert F. Kennedy during the last year of his life informs Newfield's 1969 book, RFK: A Memoir, which offers a first-hand account of the assassinated politician and attempts to separate the man from myth.
Jun 4th, 2008 · Before Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was killed, only incumbent presidential candidates were given Secret Service protection. Over the years the agency has developed criteria for which White House hopefuls receive security services.
Dec 9th, 2006 · A small Dallas museum dedicated to conspiracy theories surrounding the assassinations of JFK, RFK and Martin Luther King Jr. is shutting its doors after 13 years.