Robert F. Kennedy

:This is the most common use of RFK. For other uses, see RFK (disambiguation).

Working for JFK

President Kennedy rewarded his younger brother's efforts by naming him to his Cabinet as Attorney General of the United States.

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During the Kennedy Administration, "Bobby" played a key advisory role for President Kennedy. Among the weighty issues they faced were the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis 18 months later, the escalation of military action in Vietnam and the widening spread of the Civil Rights Movement and its retaliatory violence. It is not clear if he gave J. Edgar Hoover permission to wiretap Martin Luther King, though it is certain that the FBI was required to ask the Attorney General for such permission.

Related Topics:
Bay of Pigs - Cuba - 1961 - Cuban Missile Crisis - Vietnam - Civil Rights Movement - J. Edgar Hoover - Wiretap - Martin Luther King

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Kennedy is perhaps most remembered for his work on civil rights, namely the integration of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi (whose first black student was James Meredith), and his support of the civil rights bill that passed in 1964. After the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, Robert Kennedy remained the attorney general, though his relationship with President Lyndon Johnson was reported to be very distant.

Related Topics:
University of Mississippi - Oxford, Mississippi - James Meredith

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