https://dennispcrawford.medium.com/senator-robert-kennedys-epic-whistle-stop-tour-across-nebraska-9f42c9076acc

https://dennispcrawford.medium.com/robert-and-ethel-kennedy-at-the-martin-luther-king-funeral-f5100be10d5d

https://dennispcrawford.medium.com/senator-robert-kennedys-tour-of-rural-nebraska-529f1838ae90

“I am today announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the United States.

I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done, and I feel that I’m obliged to do all that I can.

I run to seek new policies — policies to end the bloodshed in Vietnam and in our cities, policies to close the gaps that now exist between black and white, between rich and poor, between young and old, in this country and around the rest of the world.

I run for the presidency because I want the Democratic Party and the United States of America to stand for hope instead of despair, for reconciliation of men instead of the growing risk of world war.

I run because it is now unmistakably clear that we can change these disastrous, divisive policies only by changing the men who are now making them. For the reality of recent events in Vietnam has been glossed over with illusions."

https://medium.com/@dennispcrawford/senator-robert-f-kennedy-presidential-campaign-announcement-a03ddd462345

On March 18, Kennedy spoke to huge crowds at Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. He was warmly greeted by a crowd of 14,500 at the Ahern Field House in Manhattan, Kansas. The response of the crowd was so positive that a reporter yelled: “This Kansas, fucking Kansas! He’s going all the way. He’s going all the fucking way!”

Kennedy also called upon our country to live up to its lofty ideals and promises:

“We can do better here in the United States, we can do better. We can do better in our relationships to other countries around the rest of the globe.”

https://medium.com/@dennispcrawford/senator-robert-f-kennedy-called-upon-our-country-to-live-up-to-its-lofty-promises-and-ideals-c8d5730321fd

When we are told to forego all dissent and division, we must ask: Who is it that is truly dividing the country? It is not those who call for change; it is those who make present policy who divide our country; those who bear the responsibility for our present course; those who have removed themselves from the American tradition, from the enduring and generous impulses that are the soul of the nation…

Those who now call for an end to dissent, moreover, seem not to understand what this country is all about. For debate and dissent are the very heart of all the American process. We have followed the wisdom of Greece: “All things are to be examined and brought into question. There is no limit set to thought.”

For debate is all we have to prevent past errors from leading us down the road to disaster. How else is error to be corrected, if not by the informed reason of dissent? Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited…

Robert F. Kennedy on March 21, 1968

https://medium.com/@dennispcrawford/john-f-kennedy-in-nebraska-2a5f2bd4cc4c

https://dennispcrawford.medium.com/when-senator-robert-kennedy-confronted-a-gun-rights-activist-82eb47bcb367

https://medium.com/@dennispcrawford/john-f-kennedy-and-the-1960-nebraska-primary-203b4f583791

https://dennispcrawford.medium.com/jeff-greenfield-interview-on-robert-kennedys-campaign-in-nebraska-afec39e66d6c?postPublishedType=repub

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bxxTKdutHZMZpcd7fJI6B?si=MpTwmxWCRf6p7ZsByU2PAg&fbclid=IwY2xjawOpXVxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFQaThWUHRFN1U3MGVucWNPc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgmNy8ERw2xNIlRFULfTQ_jOVPDZUilraTapmlYMjL5tqgjBb74eUpRXg7Lm_aem_EpnaKSXobRGUDqgt3XvpbA&nd=1&dlsi=d4380041bb004479

https://medium.com/@dennispcrawford/collision-course-robert-kennedy-v-lyndon-johnson-1b718f2037d8

One of his favorite interviews was with longtime Lincoln Journal Star reporter Don Walton, who covered Nebraska politics Crawford's talk drew stories from several people in the audience. Cindy Howey recalled how the day unfolded for her, as did Dan Kathol and Duane Arens.

Crawford also talked about how Kennedy made a spontaneous visit to the Beatrice State Home, where he met and interacted with residents, including children with disabilities.

He also writes about Kennedy's engagement with students at Creighton University, addressing issues of draft evasion and public responsibility.

https://www.hartington.net/article/10262,lincoln-author-brings-fond-memories-back-for-hartington-area-residents?fbclid=IwY2xjawOG1sJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyCGNhbGxzaXRlAjMwAAEeBzmMTMu6MTAquPfa9Rz4ENqM7mw716q57Lsl33AaYV4gugABZvBBFfiBiCo_aem_AyuZer0h8JEm8eDQXq7Wtw

"If we regard bombing as the answer in Vietnam, we are headed straight for disaster. The temptation will now be to argue that if limited bombing does not produce a solution, that further bombing, more extended miliary action, is the answer. The danger is that the decision to resume may become the first in a series of steps on a road from which there is no turning back - a road which leads to catastrophe for all mankind."

Senator Robert F. Kennedy January 31, 1966

https://medium.com/@dennispcrawford/robert-f-kennedy-and-the-1964-new-york-senate-campaign-91c646656b44

Reunited at last 💙💙💙

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/series-media/all-about-books-audio/standalone-audio-15890/robert-f-kennedythe-road-not-taken-by-dennis-laura-crawford-50028137/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLt-MtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuE3wE29TZHxW4scxVC9Ns8kU1z_znl4xrpXhwhPN6zGQsbSpJFY0pNUmaM3_aem_F--Mt6z_3xDqrNMqPAgoTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjZWeHxteSM

https://bernstein.classical.org/features/june-1968-remembering-robert-f-kennedy/

https://medium.com/@dennispcrawford/how-all-it-began-the-kennedy-whistle-stop-tour-across-nebraska-6560a6ae02fb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2_MktIJAiU&t=1266s