The Figure of Robert F. Kennedy in the US socio-political framework. Bobby Kennedy for President

Authors

  • José Antonio Abreu Colombri Universidad de Alcalá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25145/j.latente.2022.20.04

Keywords:

Robert F. Kennedy, political violence, historical divulgation, social protest, legislative reform, Democratic Party

Abstract

By the end of the 1950s, the Kennedys were one of the most influential families on the American political scene. The Democratic Party, in an expansive electoral phase in the 1960s, became a promoter of legislative reform in favor of minorities, which would broaden its electoral base. At the same time, said reform caused a major split between the Democrat factions more conservative. The programmatic rearrangement of the Democrats occurred in parallel to the personal evolution of Robert F. Kennedy. The joyful and gesticulating charac- ter of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, during the Kennedy-Johnson administration (1961-1965), gave way to a sad and reflective senator from the state of New York, during the first three years of the Johnson administration (1965-1968).

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Published

2023-09-17

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Miscellaneous

How to Cite

Abreu Colombri, José Antonio. 2023. “The Figure of Robert F. Kennedy in the US Socio-Political Framework. Bobby Kennedy for President”. Latente - Revista de Historia Y Estética del Cine, Fotografí­a Y Cultura Visual, no. 20 (September): 103-11. https://doi.org/10.25145/j.latente.2022.20.04.