Robert F. Kennedy

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Senator from New York

Soon after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Robert Kennedy left the Cabinet to run for a seat in the United States Senate representing New York. Even though Kennedy was his nemesis, Johnson helped him campaign, as he was later to recall in his memoir of the White House years. In the 1964 race, against Republican incumbent Kenneth Keating, Keating was initially able to portray Kennedy as an arrogant carpetbagger, but Kennedy gradually gained popularity during the campaign and emerged victorious in November.

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John F. Kennedy's assassination - United States Senate - New York - White House - 1964 race - Republican - Kenneth Keating

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During his three and a half years as a US Senator, Kennedy visited Apartheid-ruled South Africa, helped to start a successful redevelopment project in poverty stricken Bedford-Stuyvesant in New York City, visited the Mississippi Delta as a member of the Senate committee reviewing the effectiveness of War on Poverty programs and, reversing his prior stance, called for a halt in further escalation of the Vietnam War.

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Apartheid - South Africa - Bedford-Stuyvesant - New York City - Mississippi - Vietnam War

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