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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-PBE-01
Edelman discusses why Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) decided to run for president in 1968, RFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson, and his position on the Vietnam War, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-CEC-01
Chavez discusses the 1966 hearings in California by the Senate subcommittee on migrant labor that Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) was involved in, the United Farm Workers’ role in organizing votes for RFK in the 1968 California presidential primary, Mexican-Americans’ love for RFK, and RFK’s assassination, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-FJB-01
Burns discusses the long debates among Robert F. Kennedy’s (RFK) staff and advisors over whether or not he should enter the 1968 presidential race, efforts to put together a California delegation to represent RFK, Jesse M. Unruh’s relationship with Lyndon Baines Johnson and RFK, and the organization of RFK’s 1968 campaign in California, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JEN-04
In this interview Nolan discusses various visits to different states for Robert F. Kennedy's [RFK] 1968 presidential campaign, including the University of Indiana Medical School; issues with the scheduling for the Michigan trip; planning for delays and limitations in the campaign schedule; scheduling visits to West Virginia and Nebraska; troubles with the Oregon campaign; running into Eugene McCarthy at the Portland zoo; and George S. McGovern and the South Dakota primary, among other issues.
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SESPP
Papers 1968. California political figure. Manager for Southern California, Robert Kennedy's Presidential campaign (1968). Pacific polls of California voter opinions.