Robert F. Kennedy was lambasted by black entertainer friends early on in his political career and he was shocked when he left his ivory tower and saw ALL of America1.
Bobby was particularily and deeply moved by the conditions he saw in Appalachia- and Kennedy's words before he too was assassinated are recalled by a 55-year-old (Groucho salutes!) secretary for an arts center in Whitesburg- Kentucky during a John Edwards version of that 1968 Kennedy tour.
1 The Life & Times of Robert F. Kennedy by Arthur Schlessinger.
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