ANOTHER, AND A FEELING OF
JUSTICE TOWARD THOSE WHO STILL
SUFFER WITHIN OUR COUNTRY,
WHETHER THEY BE
WHITE OR THEY BE BLACK. ))
(KYLIE)
THAT IS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF
THE SIX-MINUTE SPEECH ROBERT
KENNEDY GAVE IN INDIANAPOLIS 50
YEARS AGO TODAY. HE HADN'T
PLANNED TO TALK ABOUT THE
ASSASSINATION OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.
HE WAS IN INDIANAPOLIS TO
CAMPAIGN FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION.
THAT CAMPAIGN STUMP QUICKLY
CHANGED TO A CALL FOR PEACE,
COMPASSION AND LOVE.
A NOD TO KING'S EXAMPLE.
(KYLIE)
JOINING US THIS MORNIGN IS,
KENNEDY'S DAUGHTER, KERRY
KENNEDY.
IN TOWN TO PARTICIPATE IN
TODAY'S CEREMONIES.
- EARLIER THAT DAY, APRIL 4TH
1968, YOUR FATHER HAD VISITED
BALL
STATE AND NOTRE DAME ... HE
FOCUSED ON THE VIETNAM WAR AND
RACISM.
- KING WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT 6
O'CLOCK THAT EVENING.
- YOUR FATHER THREW OUT ANYTHING
PRE-WRITTEN, JOTTED
DOWN NOTES WHILE ON HIS WAY TO
WHAT IS NOW KENNEDY KING
PARK AND DELIVERED A SPEECH THAT
ENDED WITH
CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.
- JUST 8 YEARS OLD WHEN HER
FATHER GAVE THIS SPEECH.
- HOW WILL YOU BE PARTICIPATING
IN TODAY'S EVENTS?
- REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS
(GEORGIA) WILL ALSO BE HERE
TODAY. HE WAS THERE RIGHT ALONG
KING ... LEADING IN THE
PEACEFUL FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
- JUST TWO MONTHS LATER YOUR
FATHER WAS GUNNED DOWN
AFTER A CAMPAIGN STOP - BECAUSE
OF SOMETHING HE STOOD FOR. - IT
SEEMS ONE WAY YOU'VE CARRIED ON
YOUR FATHER'S LEGACY
IS BY LEADING "ROBERT F. KENNEDY
HUMAN RIGHTS."
WHAT DO YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT
FOR?
ANCHORS
-TOSS TO RANDY