CSPAN Radio to air RFK interview

[Dr Ron]

Exclusive Robert F. Kennedy Interview on C-SPAN Radio

For the next 3 weeks, C-SPAN Radio will air an exclusive oral history interview with Robert F. Kennedy that's never been aired before. The 3 1/2-hour interview, airing in three installments, focuses on civil rights, especially some of the crises that occurred during JFK's presidency, and RFK's tenure as Attorney General.

The interview from December 4, 1964, was conducted by New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis. Also participating in the interview was Burke Marshall, the chief of the Civil Rights Division in RFK’s Department of Justice.

The interview airs Saturdays, beginning Nov. 20, at 10 am ET, with encore presentations Mondays at 10 pm ET. C-SPAN Radio is available at 90.1 FM in the Washington area, nationwide on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio, and online at C-SPANradio.org.

Topics covered in this interview include:

Saturday, November 20
RFK's tenure as Attorney General, desegregation in the south, Martin Luther King, Jr., and his conversations with JFK on civil rights.

Saturday, November 27
The Freedom Riders and the transformation of the Democratic Party in the south.

Saturday, December 4
Judicial appointments, organized crime, and J. Edgar Hoover.

[quiet.american]

1. Thanks for the heads up.

Looking forward to it.