The assassination
of Martin Luther King seemed to be the biggest shock to the world in 1968. But
just two months later things became even worse: Robert Kennedy, favourite to
win the election for US President that year, was also killed. It happened in
June 5 in Los Angeles. The killer? An unknown, just like what happened with Bob's brother, John Kennedy, five years before (John was in 1963 one of the most popular presidents of the American History).
If there was any
doubt, then, it became even more clear that 1968 was everything but a “regular year”.
Bob Kennedy
seemed then to be the most appropriate candidate for a nation that lived a wave
of change. Vietnam war was the target of protests of million of people, the “Flower
Power” was more and more present, the society was apparently looking for a new
era...
But we were at
1968. Nothing at that year was predictable. So Bob Kennedy, the favourite, became
just one more victim of violence, just 61 days after Luther King was
assassinated.
As as we were in
1968, the elected was Richard Nixon, who could be considered the exact opposite
of Bob Kennedy.
But what was the
surprise? Were not we in 1968?
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