THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
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They both ran for President
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They both were preachers
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They both were assassinated in 1968
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They both were Republicans
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Detailed explanation-1: -On April 4, 1968, a single gunshot killed civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. on a motel balcony in Memphis. On June 5 of that same year, Senator Robert F. Kennedy-brother of assassinated President John F.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy urged the crowd to follow Rev. King’s lead and respond with understanding and prayer. Citing the need to avoid division, hatred, and violence, he called for love, wisdom, compassion, and justice. The speech is credited with keeping Indianapolis calm, while other cities reacted with violence.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (/sɪərˈhɑːn/; Arabic: Sirḥān Bišāra Sirḥān, born March 19, 1944) is a Palestinian Jordanian man who was convicted for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kennedy’s statement.) Listen to this speech. I have bad news for you, for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight.