Robert F Kennedy And Injustice

John F Kennedy was one of the most loved and remembered presidents in the history of the United States. He did many things to help the country and the American people during his ephemeral presidency. His accomplishments include creating the peace corps, bringing the economy out of a recession, helping the African-American civil rights movement, and passing the Equal Pay Act of 1963. These successes can be attributed to his ability to be witty, charismatic, and courageous. Almost everyone loved him, from the impecunious to the rich, and majorities to minorities. Through the actions of John F. Kennedy it is clear that it is better to be loved as a leader than feared because it allows one to be easier to talk to and collaborate in solving large problems as he did.

Kennedy called his new legislation program the “New Frontier,” with which he planned to promote educational support, aid to health care, redevelopment in cities and civil rights. However, he wasn’t able to keep many of these promises; Congress refused the pass most of his proposals, including a medical plan for the elderly, tax reductions, and more civil rights. He concentrated on promoting present civil rights, sometimes dispatching troops to enforce racial integration in schools. Although action to improve civil rights and health care wasn’t very successful, Kennedy still managed to improve the economy (e.g. Increasing minimum wage) and negotiate a limited ban on nuclear testing.

I believe that the different characteristics that helped Robert F. Kennedy rise and become a powerful leader in the society that he lived in were that:

Ted Kennedy forever lived with the “Kennedy Curse.” In 1963, Ted’s oldest brother and President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. Less than a year later in 1964, Ted was flying his small airplane for campaign purposes and crashed. Ted suffered from a broken back and had reoccurring injuries for the duration of his life (Special Report, 2015, Political Life section, para. 3). In 1968, a second brother and United States Senator, Bobby, was assassinated. Shortly over a year later, the Chappaquiddick incident struck. Politically, Kennedy had a strong background that continued still after the incident. He was elected to serve in the United States Senate in 1962 where he remained serving until his death in 2009 (Lengle, 2015, para. 1). Kennedy was a successful Senator who served on many different chair committees that promoted basic civic and equal rights (Lengle, 2015, para. 1). In 1980, he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination; however, due to raised unanswered questions about the Chappaquiddick incident, he lost the nomination to Jimmy Carter (Lengle, 2015, para. 2). The Chappaquiddick incident marked as yet another episode of the “Kennedy Curse” and also marked the end of Ted Kennedy’s career as a presidential

“Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another” (Doyle). Assassinations have taken place countless times throughout history. Anyone can get assassinated, but political leaders have to worry the most since so many leaders have been killed in the past. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus and Cassius (along with the other conspirators) murder Julius Caesar. Although this is just a play, it is very relevant to real life. One situation similar to this Is the JFK assassination. Both situations (Caesar and JFK) are similar in that someone was killed, and it ended poorly for the assassin(s).

John Kennedy had several siblings also, three brothers, and 5 sisters. His two brothers Robert, and Edward are probably the most famous. When it came time for JFK to get into politics, Papa Joe wanted his son to get into the White House. It is reported that he contacted his friends in organized crime to help him to get his son elected. One of these crime bosses, Sam Giancanna of Chicago claimed that he was responsible for getting Kennedy the presidency by stuffing the ballot box, and sinking the 10,000 votes for Nixon into the bottom of Lake Michigan. Needless to say organized crime felt as though the Kennedy's owed a debt. But John Kennedy, unaware of this debt that he owed decided that along with his brother Robert, the attorney general, he would fight organized crime, and try to bring an end to it. The mob was not happy with this action. Someone that they had helped had turned against them. Papa Joe appealed to his son, to try to get him to lay off, but to no avail. The moffia was disappointed with the Kennedy's, and needed to do something about their problem.

Robert F. Kennedy, began a vigorous campaign against the mob. According to the theory, the

One of the most tragic moments in U.S. history happened before the naked eye. John F. Kennedy’s brutal assassination. Lee Harvey Oswald was the suspected assassin, but why would a former U.S marine kill the president of the country he went to war for? Assassination means murdered for political reasons. I believe that Kennedy’s assassination was part of a much bigger plot, carried out by more than just one lone assassin, and was planned well prior. Oswald was just an easy mark to pin the crime on, he was set up, “...most likely by the CIA,who he was speculated to be a member of.”(Morley) Kennedy wanted to help poor people and wanted to help improve government health facilities, schools and houses, and he was murdered for it, what would one lone man’s motive be to kill someone that only wanted to better this country? There was there a much bigger picture.

Kennedy’s death has impacted our nation as a whole, as we acknowledge a man of wisdom and prosperity. Kennedy had plans to make action of change and adjustment while in office, but couldn’t achieve that due to a major setback. One great impact is that we lost a leader of our country, and experience the sorrow of his lost in harmony. Leaving America in doubt of hope and change, which was promised. Another impact is that 16,000 military advisors had been dispatched to the country (http://millercenter.org). The Warren Commission’s report, which found Oswald to be the sole assassin, led to widespread dissent and confusion among the American public; with many questions about Oswald’s time spent in the Soviet Union. The Vietnam War turned out to be the first United States loss in a long term armed conflict in history.

A life is a precious gift given to everyone, no one should be deprived of this gift. Mr. Kennedy was the President of the United States. Lee Harvey Oswald took Mr. Kennedy’s right to live and his right to finish guiding America.

Robert Kennedy is a man who is not as celebrated as he should be for all that he did for the improvement of America. Most people believe that he only ran his brother’s campaign. He is one of many heroic people that can be known as an example for children today. The assassination of Robert Kennedy was unjust because he supported the protection of Israel and worked for the improvement of African American civil rights. However, some people believe that his assassination was righteous because they see him as a man who abandoned the Cuban people during the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

John F Kennedy's assassination caused a lot of controversy in America. I believe John F Kennedy's assassination was unjust because he fought for our civil rights, he helped African Americans gain equal rights, and he made America the way it is now. In this essay, I will explain why John F Kennedy's assassination was unjust and some people may disagree. I believe Kennedy helped African Americans gain the rights because he put "pressure on federal government organizations to employ more African Americans in America's equivalent of Britain's Civil Service". Kennedy helped James Meredith attend University of Mississippi which was an all white college.

Was John F. Kennedy was unjust or injust? He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 at Dallas, Texas. He was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade in the Dealey Plaza. While JFK’s motorcade was driving around the crowd he had got shot by two bullets one bullet had went through his head and the other had went through his neck. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was unjust because he was a civil rights activist and he negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty; however some people believed that he caused the The Cuban Missile Crisis.

On November 22, 1963 national tragedy struck America after the catastrophic death of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Kennedy arrived in Dallas with his wife, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, by his side and rode in a convertible limousine behind John and Nellie Connolly through Dealy Plaza. When the motorcade took way through downtown Dallas, shots were fired at president Kennedy soon killing him. The assassination of president John F. Kennedy made questions surface about his death, and when those questions were left unanswered, distrust of the government in the 1960’s formed; in return led conspiracies to thrive.

for President Kennedy's cabinet. During his stint as Attorney General he won praise for his effective and nonpartisan administration at the Department of Justice. He launched several successful investigations into organized crime. During his reign as Attorney General convictions for organized crime rose 800%. (Alden Whitman, 2001).