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One day after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Presidential candidate and Senator Robert F. Kennedy kept his committment to address the City Club. With this speech, Senator Kennedy sought to counter the King-related riots and disorder emerging in various cities, and address the growing problem of violence in American society.
View the full text of the speech here.