Robert F. Kennedy: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Informative biographies of Robert F. Kennedy include Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy: His Life (2000); Larry Tye, Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon (2016); and Chris Matthews, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit (2017). Edwin Guthman, We Band of Brothers (1971), offers an account of Robert Kennedy’s entire career, by a friend who witnessed it from the beginning. William J. Vanden Heuvel and Milton S. Gwirtzman, On His Own: Robert F. Kennedy, 1964–1968 (1970), is a consideration of Robert F. Kennedy from November 1963 to June 1968, by two of his associates. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Robert Kennedy and His Times, 40th anniversary ed. (2018), is a biography by a friend and admirer. Victor S. Navasky, Kennedy Justice (1971, reissued 1977), provides an evaluation of his policies and actions as attorney general. Jules Witcover, 85 Days: The Last Campaign of Robert F. Kennedy (1969, reissued 2018), focuses more narrowly on Kennedy’s 1968 presidential run. Ellen B. Meacham, Delta Epiphany: Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi (2018), chronicles the impact on Kennedy of the visit he made to the Mississippi Delta in 1967 as part of a Senate subcommittee review of War on Poverty programs.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Experience - Robert Kennedy and Family. | Oct 24, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 02, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-reference to Kennedy family curse. | Dec 30, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 16, 2025 | ||
| Optimized caption; added reference to list of assassinations and attempted assassinations. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Robert F. Kennedy. | May 06, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 19, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute - Biography of Robert F. Kennedy. | Sep 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Who killed Robert F. Kennedy? | Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Feb 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Cesar Chavez biography and career timeline. | Oct 06, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights - RFK Life and Legacy. | Aug 24, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 19, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Robert F. Kennedy Facts and Biography. | Feb 04, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute - Kennedy, Robert Francis. | Aug 16, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of Justice - Attorney General: Robert Francis Kennedy. | Aug 16, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum - Biography of Robert F. Kennedy. | Aug 16, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights - Explore the Life and Legacy of Robert F. Kennedy. | Aug 16, 2018 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Jul 26, 2018 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jul 26, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | May 22, 2018 | ||
| Noted that several of his children became politicians and activists. | Nov 17, 2017 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 15, 2017 | ||
| Added photographs. | Feb 10, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Map of Kentucky, United States. | Mar 19, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Robert Kennedy and Family. | Feb 15, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of Robert Francis Kennedy. | Aug 02, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Robert F. Kennedy. | Aug 02, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Robert F. Kennedy. | Aug 02, 2010 | ||
| Added video of Robert F. Kennedy's victory speech and assassination in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968. | Aug 27, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 30, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |