Synopsis
On April 4th, 1968 the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Robert Kennedy was in the midst of a presidential campaign that was attempting to bridge racial and economic divisions. As word of the assassination spread, riots and fires erupted in cities across the nation. Urged to cancel a rally before a mixed crowd in the inner city of Indianapolis, Robert Kennedy refused. The threat of violence was very real. But the few, simple words he spoke that night are credited with creating a sense of calm that settled over those neighborhoods during chaotic days following Dr. King’s death.
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Edited by Mark G DawsonScored by John Colby
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2010 · Box office
Produced on a $175 budget
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14 unique people credited
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John Lewis
as Self - U.S. Senator and RFK Campaign Staffer
Frank Mankiewicz
as Self - RFK Press Secretary
Thurston Clarke
as Self - RFK Biographer
Darlene Howard
as Self - Indianapolis Resident
Jim Tolan
as Self - RFK Campaign Advance Man
Vechel Rhodes
as Self - Indianapolis Resident
Jim Trulock
as Self - Indianapolis Resident
Bill Gigerich
as Self - RFK Campaign Staffer
John Seigenthaler Sr
as Self - Editor & Publisher of the Nashville Tennessean
Adam Walinsky
as Self - RFK Speechwriter
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