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Episode 43: UPHEAVAL (Part 3) 1968 The Conventions to the Bombing Halt
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The assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy shocks the world and causes the Democratic Party to descend into chaos. This episode opens with messages from Senator Eugene McCarthy and Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the rivals of Robert Kennedy for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Kennedy had just won the California Primary and seemed headed for a victory at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Instead, Robert Kennedy would be buried not far from his brother at Arlington National Cemetery. He was only 42 years old.
The Republican Nomination Process was itself not…
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