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    Remembering 1968, 50 Years After Robert F. Kennedy's Assassination

    Fifty years ago this week, Kennedy won the California Democratic presidential primary. Shortly after he wrapped up his victory speech, he was shot by an assassin.
    Jun 04, 2018 3 minutes
    Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses a throng of supporters in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles early in the morning of June 5, 1968, following his victory in the previous day's California primary election. A moment later he turned into a hotel kitchen corridor and was critically wounded. His wife, Ethel, is just behind him. (Dick Strobel/AP)

    Fifty years ago this week, Robert F. Kennedy won the California Democratic presidential primary. Shortly after he wrapped up his victory speech in Los Angeles, he was shot by an assassin. He died the next day, June 6, 1968.

    Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer), professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a CNN political analyst, joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss the event and the 1968 presidential campaign.

    Interview Highlights

    On Kennedy wrestling with the

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