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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPHOTO: Robert & Ethel Kennedy Console Coretta Scott King
http://editors.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/04/just_take_it_in_1.php?m=1Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) tweeted at 8:30pm - 5 Apr 13:
RFK chartered the plane bringing MLK's remains back to Atlanta--here he & Ethel console Mrs. King in her bedroom:
http://t.co/XXgqIECIPI (https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/320332758041886720)
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PHOTO: Robert & Ethel Kennedy Console Coretta Scott King (Original Post)
Hissyspit
Apr 2013
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And it's a good thing. Not something to be sneered at by a bunch of "people" with
calimary
Apr 2013
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Historic NY
(37,449 posts)1. Empathy.
calimary
(80,700 posts)2. And it's a good thing. Not something to be sneered at by a bunch of "people" with
hearts like BBs. "Heart like a BB." That's what my mother used to say about people who were cruel, selfish, and uncaring.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)3. And 5 months later,
Coretta Scott King was performing the same function (comforting) for Mrs. Ethel Kennedy. 1968 was a horrible year.
LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)4. La Taz: It was only two months later. Bobby died June 6th
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)5. May to June.
You are correct. I remember we were still reeling at Dr. King's death when Bobby was shot. I was 20 miles from the Ambassador Hotel and watched it live on TV. Shock doesn't even begin to describe the reaction. What a different world we would have had if those two had not DELIBERATELY taken from us.
LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)6. It was so sad.
I was in 6th grade and it left me feeling that there was something horribly wrong with our society.