![]() ![]() ![]() 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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