Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), served as U.S. Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 before becoming a U.S. Senator for New York in 1964. He delivered this speech after the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. While campaigning for president two months later, Robert Kennedy was assassinated as well.

As you read, takes note on how Kennedy uses rhetoric to make his speech more persuasive.