40 years later: The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Photos: Hope and despair in L.A.
Images from Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 California campaign
"The New York Senator's condition was listed as critical..."
Read the Times front page from June 5, 1968
Blog: Share your memories of RFK
"I vividly remember finding my mother sitting on the couch in front of our TV set, weeping quietly."
Where history turned
Why didn't we preserve the actual site where Bobby Kennedy was shot 40 years ago? full column »
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