RFK Speaks After MLK Killed | Flashback | History

Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. That same night, Robert F. Kennedy delivered the devastating news of King’s death to a group of African American supporters at a campaign rally. This is audio and video from that speech. #HistoryChannel #Flashback
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[@adampendergrass1253]

The secret service told Robert Kennedy that they could not protect him if things got violent but he still went and delivered one of the most powerful speeches in history

[@christopherpardell4418]

It wasn’t a speech. His remarks were not scripted, nor pre-planned. He spoke extemporaneously… and his recitation of that poem was immediately seen by that audience as being the passage that had brought him comfort in his greatest moment of loss.

[@deloreswillis9224]

Simply bc RFK deeply cared about the down trotted poor ALL RACES!!!! May his soul be with our LORD & SAVIOR REST EASY BOBBY

[@billd11]

RFK did not have Secret Service protection that night.

[@sapphireluna4818]

I wish our leaders still talked like this today. This is inspiring 🇺🇸

[@Dr.WaltzFromChicago]

💯💯🌹🌹❤️

[@deemunsterman3934]

His son is now🙏🏻💪🏼🇺🇸RFK Jr 2024

[@captainamerica5826]

Those days are over.

[@davidr5961]

I was 11, when this happened, and still get choked up, listening to this speech, all these years later He had an ability to speak, without any notes or preparation, from his heart unlike any other

[@TherapistTamaraHill]

Dr. King and the Kennedy's are blessings for us from God. Such a gracious group intent on creating the change our nation so desperately (and still desperately) needed. This breaks my heart every single time.

[@mr.pastrami5153]

Exactly why the CIA killed the Kennedy's. Unity is a bane to control.

[@deloreswillis9224]

Amen they were blessings from our LORD

[@mrog5481]

Bobby was the real deal. He actually cared. And within two months they killed him too.

[@jontraz5993]

@Sebastian Villamil The ruling class

[@jontraz5993]

@Sebastian Villamil if you had an idea of who did it, why did you initially ask who "they" were?

[@eddiedillon2037]

It's a pitiful shame...he really DID care about peace. He wàs .. unfortunately..killed by racists.

[@murder13love]

​@@eddiedillon20372nd shooter. Even his son believes it. 13 shots yet the man jailed had an 8 shot pistol. Im not maths genius, but that fact alone doesn't add up.

[@WLDB]

Sad that this speech is still just as relevant today

[@msba1800]

Very true

[@laughable7438]

for my English class :(

[@justkolbyh]

I wrote a paper for my government class in high school back when Donald Trump was elected and I quoted Bobby and this exact speech.

[@nicholasarthur5525]

InstaBlaster...

[@deloreswillis9224]

Loved RFK❤ BLESS HIS SOUL

[@fredmichaels418]

Juan Romero held RFK's head off the kitchen floor where he had been felled by a bullet ;Romero said RFK's last words were "Is everybody ok ?" In his dying moments He still Cared for Others More .

[@electrictroy2010]

When people are shot, they often don’t know how bad the wound is. RFK probably didn’t know he was dying

[@potatodude9931]

Why did you leave out RFK's call to prayer? It was a crucial part of the short speech. "So I ask you to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King -- yeah, it's true -- but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love -- a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke."

[@b._.7295]

5:03

[@wendymott2213]

We need this message in our country again to unite and encourage people. Where are the few greats that can help us today?

[@michaelwoolsey3886]

There were no riots in Indianapolis that night........One man calmed an entire crowd & nothing burned in that town that night.

[@jdice6868]

This may have happened before my birth, but I find I am affected nonetheless. To lose both Dr. King and Robert Kennedy in 1968 was a gigantic blow to a country in turmoil attempting pitifully and painfully to find its way. I can only imagine the great heights we did not reach because these two inspirational leaders were taken from us. I have always believed that Robert would have been an even better president than John. Dr. King would have had an ally with whom progress would have been expeditiously realized. The SCOTUS appointments, the labor initiatives, civil protections, improvements to healthcare and education, along with the obviation of corporate abuses that could have been accomplished by the alignment of these two visionaries could have created a country that would not have welcomed the neoliberalism that took root in the '80s. Perhaps that is exactly why they needed to be stopped.

[@jdice6868]

Thank you@Mrfairchap "Their murders brought about the American Nightmare we see around us today." Well said.

[@jamesmccluskey5756]

The most moving speech I've ever heard

[@beastieman4207]

rip mlk jr he will always be missed and remembered

[@alexhankewicz3556]

Joel Hernandez l

[@meganbateman5634]

RIP to Robert Kennedy too

[@justkolbyh]

I actually wrote a report on Bobby Kennedy because he was a GOOD AND CARING MAN! I will forever love this speech and I will forever feel terrible that America lost an actual good politician.

[@londonscraziestgangster.mr5400]

What a man what a speech.

[@JBGuitarInstruction]

This is an excellent example of leadership and compassion. Quite a stark contrast to the divider in chief we have today.

[@alanam9103]

John Banks amen

[@GoldGune]

I sure hope you feel the same way about the current guy. Bobby could actually communicate with the Black citizens of this country.

[@williamburke9416]

that is a great man

[@Palabow]

yepp

[@supercoolkidnajera1152]

Martin Dr Luther king jr was a wonderful man

[@devilonyourshoulder8845]

Growing up, I only knew that President John F. Kennedy had a brother named Bobby. Though I also knew that both were assassinated, JFK in Dallas and RFK in California during his presidential campaign, I was taught almost nothing else about the Kennedy family's legacy and influence. I didn't live through those times, because I am only 20 years old I have no true understanding of the struggles the US had at that time, such as the ones Martin Luther King fought for. It is a shame that JFK's legacy shadows that of RFK, because Bobby Kennedy seemed to be a sincere and driven man who truly cared about the people he knew and America as a whole. He was also an excellent speaker, knowing how to draw you in and connect with his audience as he did here through referring to his brother's murder. Bobby's "Ripple of Hope" speech he gave in South Africa (I think that's where he gave it) is another excellent speech, should you be looking for another RFK speech

[@erikamaya3596]

May 2020, we need this speech in this country

[@engilina8271]

October 2020, we still need this speech today.

[@carltonjay7216]

Rip Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

[@Goyanks28]

My favorite politician of all time. I wish Bobby Kennedy was still alive today. We need him and MLK in 2020.

[@stevehunt1956]

One of the most moving speeches I have ev to heard

[@ArtByZac]

Mr. "When the looting starts the shooting starts" could learn something from Kennedy about how to address your nation in a time of distress (nevermind that the looting was started by undercover cops and not by the people who were protesting)

[@jonRboy]

Learn something? That's really the problem isn't it? He's closed off and isn't interested. His priorities are set in concrete and we can see from his Tweets what he finds important. He is exactly what I expected him to be as President, in fact he's worse. Instead of growing into the job and perhaps rising to the occasion just a little bit, and perhaps being influenced in some way, it's been just the opposite. He's diminished the title by his own pettiness, vulgarity, and narcissism. Colin Powell and Obama each summed Trump up in 4 words total, 2 each: Powell called him a 'national disgrace' and Obama described him as being 'uniquely unqualified' for the job. Pretty good summation right there, IMHO.

[@donnymoney4222]

Yes it's always fbi agents responsible for the actions of some bad actors. Where have I heard that before?

[@jebalitabb8228]

Even if your conspiracy theory was true, it doesn’t matter who started it if you participated in it. You’re just as guilty

[@jerrymammoser1509]

In his impromptu remarks right after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy recalled the slaying of his own brother and quoted Aeschylus: “In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”

[@HungPham-qq6me]

Hate can be conquered. Fear could be tamed. But love? What can one do against love?

[@pranz2984]

Right now please give this a listen!!! this is what we need

[@Mrncaafootball]

If only politicians cared about the American people and not just the base they pledge allegiance to.

[@cindynorthcountry3364]

This city was one of the very few that did not devolve into riots that night...because of this speech.

[@jmillzzz3732]

One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, RFK jr 2024!

[@bareit98]

Perfect message for today.

[@ellisisland1374]

Well said.

[@IanRob2011]

Brilliant and compassionate man. He is missed

[@kirkwood512]

Amazing speech.

[@mosheridan7016]

So relevant right now.

[@caseykunz7800]

I believe that this was the only time he publicly mentioned his brothers death. What could have been?....

[@Abi-sv4gu]

He also spoke at 1964 Democratic convention on his brother's death. He also used a literary quote, Shakespeare that time.

[@tulsiannerose8810]

I was 8 years old. I remember

[@directioner4life661]

Little did people know, and RFK himself, that he would be assassinated 2 months later. How sad.

[@dougmarlow9466]

If only....we ALL could only have half of who RFK was deep down, WOW !!!

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

It is still a shame this speech is needed today as much as then. We need peace with one another.

[@redmistbluemiss]

If the Kennedys and king didn't die can you imagine how America would be today?

[@shahryarbm3163]

The G.O.A.T"s tweet brought me here!!!!

[@redjirachi1]

Such violence is a personal matter for Robert Kennedy. His past, his present and his future

[@electrictroy2010]

VIDEOTAPE? No. They didn’t have portable video cameras in the 1960s. This moment was captured using film .

[@gino007able]

The very best people have been taken from us long before they should have gone. We have not had a person in public service who had so much compassion and love and never will again.

[@irk-ink]

3:00 saving it for a school project

[@gayatriworld3379]

In two months, same happened to him. Great loss..

[@5ever877]

John Cena tweeted this, I guess that's the reason I'm here.

[@urstrulysandippatil3347]

I'm here because john cenas tweet.. 🥰💗💖

[@denislmlbj]

Me too

[@minaxja]

what was the john cena tweet I keep seeing it in the comments

[@Huly241072]

One of the greatest speeches I've ever heard. I Always like to revisit it just to remind myself that politicians can sometimes be a force for good and unity

[@TheJoshuamooney]

Listen to this off the cuff speech on such a terrible night. Who could do this today? No one. Not a single person.

[@garysmith8073]

BOBBY WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT PRESIDENT . HE WENT INTO THE SOUTH AND SAW THE HARDSHIP THAT JOHN WOULDNT HAVE SEEN AND GIVEN ATTENTION .

[@kijjamburodney3086]

Will there be another like this man

[@MrBigdude912]

Great clip, John

[@denislmlbj]

Me too hera after the GOATs tweet

[@michaelconti5787]

2 months later RFK was gone. The 1960’s were bad for a lot of people.

[@christopherpardell4418]

All over the nation, the night MLK was assassinated, there were riots in cities. But there was no riot in Indianapolis. That is the power of eloquence in service of empathy.

[@susangough9601]

I remember this so well. Where are the Kennedy descendants? This video should be played at protests. Robert Kennedy would have made a good, if not great president. I was living in LA that horrible night. My plan was to go to the Ambassador Hotel but my lift fell through. A good film about that night "Bobby" I can highly recommend.

[@susansname]

Some leaders hide in a bunker and hate-tweet. Some dont.

[@deloreswillis9224]

RFK spoke from his heart omg why can’t we have a politician similar like BOBBY KENNEDY??????????????

[@BigElectricBull1981]

How about his son?

[@bradleypike1097]

Needed this today

[@ericlopez505]

Your are the best

[@tinafoster8665]

God what a nightmare.

[@michaelmelro6641]

RFK did this in the spur of the moment. Nothing planned, but so eloquently delivered. An inspiring message in dark times. This was the calibre of Presidential candidates back in the day. Now we have two men bickering about their golf game during a political debate.

[@toribroadbent2898]

This speech is full of Wisdom The answer The solution Lie in Kennedy words that men women boys and girls mUSt Not only listen but committed to memory Seeping into the souls of ALL

[@JMDY]

John Cena has sent me

[@denislmlbj]

Me too

[@beatrixvantil8623]

almost unbearable , some time before he was murdered . thank you Bob Dylan for your song

[@ZnenTitan]

Where are statesmen such as this today when we so desperately need them?

[@Phosho92237]

What a combo those two..

[@mr.burgess2575]

so sad

[@ModnificentTV]

Shame on the 30 people who booed a man who tried spread love & hope instead of hate & despair...

[@mt.franco238]

This would make a good super bowl commercial.

[@kbp341]

This is what we need. Instead we get radio silence from the White House

[@Grot169]

Nothing has Changed :-(

[@antoniusbritannia8217]

Fun fact. Then Indianapolis Mayor Richard Lugar, advised the Kennedy campaign not to make the stop and that he "could not guarantee their safety".

[@princethakur203]

Thanks cena

[@denislmlbj]

I am here cuz of that too

[@Humblewrestling]

Thank you John Cena

[@denislmlbj]

I came here cuz of that too

[@taichi489]

Martin Luther King Jr is super disappointed in us because racism is really bad 😔

[@syedkamranakmal]

John Cena's tweet directed me here

[@kurtcobain3426]

John cena brought me here

[@RebelWithoutaStage]

In the days since George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a police officer and his accomplices, I have been searching for this level of leadership. I am sad to say nobody - not a white or person of color - has risen to the occasion. We are left to search through the history pages of America to find this kind of moral courage, and for that, I am thankful for the words of Bobby Kennedy. May God have mercy on us all.

[@alanam9103]

RebelWithoutaStage that's why I'm here!

[@Ghostyboydead]

And just 2 months later he was also taken.

[@custardflan]

Saw @Chappaquidicck today. Kennedys and their legacy don't come out well. This is their best moment.

[@tbwms3243]

Most presidents wish they had a moment such as this.

[@theynot0058]

Is this Mr hipps dad in video edit? Does not look like rfk...odd announcement. Better version on this video than prior end clip without intro.

[@ieeyore4989]

Amen.

[@theynot0058]

Seems loek he had a speech prepared for a death assassination that just occurred. Maybe he is an amazing spur of moment speaker?

[@shesemerald2011]

I am of mixed race. Native, Black and Austro-Hungarian. As such, I wish I could weep as if all felt my pain. Yet I know so many could care less about a minorities plight.

[@ArtByZac]

As another mixed person (black, white, and Puerto Rican) I understand how you feel. Everything that's been happening lately in regards to police murdering innocent black men fills me with deep sorrow and rage

[@deborahryan2023]

We keep coming back to the same situations~rascism, police reform, injustice & looting, violent protests, inequality~The eloquence of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy & so many have said time after time how LOVE is the ONLY thing that heals~Justice isn't always present in our court systems~& as unfortunate as that is~Let's ask, "What is the catalyst that this Country will change?" ~Change starts here now in each & every American~Do you want to make this Country Great? If YOU DO, Put your love out there, every day, every minute of every day, every second~No matter how hard~George Floyd was kind, loving, a family man~He was someone's son, someone's father, someone's brother & HE was MORE THAN SOME ONE~Let's show George, We will hold people accountable~WE ARE FREEDOM & PEACE~We are better than this~Let's hold a candle in honour of George & all those like George~It should never have happened & I pray to GOD, It will not happen again. GOD BLESS GEORGE, HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS & ALL THOSE THAT ARE LOVING & PEACEFUL~AMEN.

[@bolivianprince7326]

TRANSLATE THIS TO ALL LANGUAGES AND UPLOAD

[@ricardourdaneta6545]

Candace Owens should watch this.

[@hanorabrennan8846]

Jason Chaffetz was ousted because he has this soul. Trey Gowdy never wants to go back to the brilliant exposures of American government agencies. Perhaps it's the women, today, have the cojones?

[@jayababu818]

John Cena Nice Clip and This What We Need Right Now

[@JenniferDrake-pn7ns]

💜

[@tomorrowinc]

The case for "unity" is easy to argue when it's not your hero that just died.

[@ggmm6182]

He also made the case for unity after his brother president Kennedy was killed

[@RK-ln6kg]

RIP rk. He wud hv made great president

[@augustuswade9781]

"Feeling lucky to be alive eh?"

[@deloreswillis9224]

Omg .. so REVERENT TODAYYYYYY

[@kayleeenlow5365]

And to think the people who listened were the only one's who didn't riot that day. Just something to think about.

[@toribroadbent2898]

Bobby!

[@Dr.Jhatkaa]

John Cena Drop kicked me here

[@AdamBorseti]

He wrote it himself on the plane over.

[@KING_TODDLER_JFS]

Andrew Xitco the only note he wrote down apparently was just the quote

[@user-yu2pz2lz9o]

*"John cena"*

[@user-yu2pz2lz9o]

Bring me here

[@Dr.WaltzFromChicago]

🌹🌹❤️💪🏾💪🏻💯

[@marykaygerrets6363]

And in 2020 Trump hid in a bunker instead of addressing the American people.

[@alanam9103]

Mary Kay Gerrets we need an RFK! And we don't have one!