Robert Kennedy's life was cut short by an assassin at age forty-two during the 1968 presidential campaign. This course will examine his life growing up in the Kennedy clan, his work managing JFK's campaigns, his work as a Senate committee counsel investigating Communist influence and labor union racketeering, his service as attorney general, his campaign and service as senator from New York, his eighty-five day campaign for President in 1968, and his assassination and funeral. The course will explore questions of "what if" he had lived and served as president.

Suggested Reading
Robert Kennedy, His Life -- by Evan Thomas, 2000, Simon & Shuster
Bobby Kennedy, The Making of a Liberal Icon -- by Larry Tye, 2016, Random House
Bobby Kennedy, A Raging Spirit -- by Chris Matthews, 2017, Simon & Shuster