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Definition: Kennedy from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary

Robert Francis Kennedy 1925–1968 bro. of J.F. & Ted Am. polit.; atty. gen. (1961–64)

Kennedy, Robert Francis

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1925–68, American politician, U.S. Attorney General (1961–64), b. Brookline, Mass., younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and son of Joseph P. Kennedy . A graduate of Harvard (1948) and the Univ. of Virginia law school (1951), Bobby Kennedy managed his brother John's successful campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1952. From 1953 to 1956 he was counsel to the Senate subcommittee chaired by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy . He then became (1957) chief counsel to the subcommittee investigating labor rackets and there gained a reputation for toughness by exposing corruption in the Teamsters Union . In 1960 he was manager of his brother's presidential campaign. His inclusion in President Kennedy's cabinet gave rise to charges of nepotism, but he proved a vigorous attorney general, especially in prosecuting civil rights cases. He was also his brother's closest adviser. After John Kennedy's assassination, Robert Kennedy continued for a time in President Lyndon Johnson 's cabinet, but in 1964 he…
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Full text Article Robert F. Kennedy: On Martin Luther King’s Death, April 4, 1968

From Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches
What we need in the United States is . . . love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black. Amid the tragedy of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, …
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Full text Article Robert F, Kennedy

From Chambers Classic Speeches
Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-68) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the third son of Joseph Kennedy. He was educated at Harvard and University of Virginia Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1951. As chief counsel of the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities (1957-9), …
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US lawyer and statesman. He served on the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities (1957-59), where he clashed with the Teamsters' Union president Jimmy Hoffa . In 1960, he managed the successful presidential campaign of his brother John F. Kennedy . He became US attorney general (1961-64), …
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Full text Article Kennedy, Robert F (1925–1968)

From Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, brother of...
For more than 25 years, Robert Francis Kennedy was involved in most of the mid-twentieth century's most important political and legal developments. He was famously the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy in whose cabinet he ultimately served. Arguably more committed to civil rights than his…
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Robert F. Kennedy (AP/Wide World Photos)
Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy served as U.S. attorney general from 1961 to 1964 under his brother, President John F. Kennedy, and President Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy went on to become a U.S. senator from New York and a 1968 Democratic Party presidential candidate, but his life was cut short by…
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Full text Article Kennedy, Robert F. (1925–1968)

From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
Robert Kennedy served as attorney general from 1961–1964, U.S. senator from New York from 1964–1968, and personal advisor to his brother President John F. Kennedy. He did not participate in the planning of the Bay of Pigs invasion, but following the fiasco Robert Kennedy became a chief critic of…
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Full text Article FORGIVENESS

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing. AUSTEN, Jane Pride and Prejudice (1813). Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. THE BIBLE ; Luke, 23:34. Good, to forgive;Best, to…
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Full text Article THE PEOPLE

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
Nor should those be heeded who are wont to say ‘The voice of the people is the voice of God’, since popular uproar is always akin to madness. [Letter to Charlemagne] It is a general popular error to imagine the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. BURKE, Edmund…
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Full text Article Federal Officials and Intervention

From Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience Full text Article Law and Government
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Robert Kennedy speaking to a civil rights crowd...
Overview Born in 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts, Robert F. Kennedy was the seventh of nine children of a close-knit political family. After serving in the military and then graduating from college and law school, Kennedy became campaign manager for his brother John F. Kennedy's successful bid to…
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