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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC Apr 3

    In Indianapolis, 50 years ago tomorrow night, Robert Kennedy announces "sad news” for “people who love peace all over the world” that "Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight”:pic.twitter.com/uwZv7gw4EC

    6:28 PM - 3 Apr 2018
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      1. Paul Fennell‏ @PizmoGizmo Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Sad... Also incredible. Cops tell Kennedy it's too dangerous, but he goes. He quotes Aeschylus, talks about his brother's murder for the first time publicly, and then calls for love, not revenge. Crowd leaves in peace To me, no other speech of the last 50 years compares

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      2. Charles Bloom‏ @CharlesBloomSC Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The Landmark for Peace Memorial at MLK Park in Indianapolis. One of the greatest (and toughest) speeches in American history.pic.twitter.com/EsdO6jQMwc

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      1. E. Vashawn Griggs‏ @GrindMode73 Apr 3
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        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKzCff8Zbs …

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      1. Ben Lamb‏ @bennyfactor Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        there will be a ceremony commemorating this event tomorrow night in what is now called Kennedy King Park: https://www.indyhub.org/event/50th-anniversary-kennedy-king-memorial-initiative/?instance_id=8568 …

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      1. Jan Flake‏ @janflake71 Apr 3
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        RFK’s oratory abilities held back a bubbling groundswell of anger that night—just with WORDS, America!! Imagine THAT!pic.twitter.com/F1E1ZwEonT

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      1. Richard Ingham Evans‏ @Ringham7 Apr 4
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Robert Kennedy's off the cuff speech to predominantly black crowd in Indianapolis, telling them of #MLK's assassination considered one of the best political speeches ever. There were riots that night in ghettos all across US. But not in Indianapolis. RFK sent them home peacefully

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      1. Stuart Vyse‏ @stuartvyse Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        One of the greatest extemporaneous speeches ever delivered.

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      1. Roy Popkin‏ @RoyPopkin Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @MelbieToast

        From what I read, Indianapolis was one of the few large cities where rioting was not present, because of RFK's speech to the people of Indianapolis.

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      1. Annie  🌷‏ @BluesPetal Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @smackmom25

        I remember that night. It still pains me.

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      1. Walton Diva‏ @GodseysStore Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        "Dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago, to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world".

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      1. Clare‏ @agent_it Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Boston had James Brown , God bless him.https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-brown-calms-boston-following-the-king-assassination …

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      1. Mikael Perreau‏ @mikthebruin Apr 4
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The Aeschylus quote at the end is so perfect.

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      1. Louise Gerace‏ @winstonsmith_1 Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. - John Greenleaf Whittier

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      2. copperkitty‏ @thepriestswife Apr 4
        Replying to @B_L_Mencken @BeschlossDC

        What might have been. . .

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      1.  🤦🏽‍♀️kiki 🤷🏽‍♀️‏ @heyjdey Apr 4
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        and two months later he'd be gone....

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      1. Patty Gaffney Tescher‏ @tescherp Apr 4
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @jonathanalter

        I re-read Bobby Kennedy's speech on this history-changing day and it was stunning, considering the need to address the anger & grief in the country. I always loved the song "Abraham, Martin & John", a sad ode to a tragic time. I hope we can turn away the danger facing us now.

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      1. Sandra williams Ravk‏ @sandra_ravk Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I remember my mom and dad crying when this happened. They also attended his home going service.

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      1. Diana Hess‏ @dianahess22 Apr 3
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        still hair standing on back of neck like it did when I was 10..thank you @BeschlossDC for your extraordinary and necessary reminders. You are the Book of Knowledge for this generation.hopefully they will listen!! Can't believe '68 was 50 years ago. Interesting 18 feels a bit 68

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