Robert Kennedy and His Times

Robert Kennedy and His Times
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Genre	Drama
Written by	Walon Green (writer) Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (book)
Directed by	Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring	Brad Davis Veronica Cartwright Ned Beatty Cliff De Young Joe Pantoliano Harris Yulin Jeffrey Tambor Jack Warden River Phoenix Jason Bateman Shannen Doherty
Theme music composer	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producers	Robert W. Christiansen Rick Rosenberg Irving Paul Lazar (associate producer)
Cinematography	Michael D. Margulies
Editor	Corky Ehlers
Running time	309 mins
Production company	Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 27, 1985 (1985-01-27)

Robert Kennedy and His Times is a 1985 American television miniseries directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, based on the 1978 Robert F. Kennedy biography of the same name by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.^[1]

Cast

Awards and nominations

See also

• Robert F. Kennedy in media
• Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy

References

External links

• Robert Kennedy and His Times at IMDb

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Robert F. Kennedy

November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968

• 64th United States Attorney General, 1961–1964
• United States senator from New York, 1965–1968

Life

• 1948 Palestine visit
• Senate Committee investigation of Labor and Management
• Cuban Missile Crisis
  • ExComm
• Civil rights
  • Freedom Riders
  • Voter Education Project
• Baldwin–Kennedy meeting
• 1964 Democratic National Convention
• Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
• Mississippi Delta tour
• Kennedy Compound
• Hickory Hill home

Electoral

• 1964 U.S. Senate election
• 1968 presidential campaign
  • primaries
  • Boiler Room Girls

Speeches

• Law Day Address (1961)
• Day of Affirmation Address (1966)
• Conflict in Vietnam and at Home (1968)
• University of Kansas (1968)
• Ball State (1968)
• On the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)
• "On the Mindless Menace of Violence" (1968)

Books

• The Enemy Within (1960)
• The Pursuit of Justice (1964)
• To Seek a Newer World (1967)
• Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1969)

Assassination

• Sirhan Sirhan
• Ambassador Hotel
• Conspiracy theories
• Gravesite

Legacy and
memorials

• Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
• Robert F. Kennedy silver dollar
• Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
  • Human Rights Award
  • Journalism Award
  • Book Award
• Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
• Brooklyn Memorial
• Landmark for Peace Memorial
• Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice
• Kennedy–King College
• Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
• Robert F. Kennedy Bridge

Popular
culture

• Robert F. Kennedy in media
• Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963 documentary)
• Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968 documentary)
• "Abraham, Martin and John" (1968 song)
• The Missiles of October (1974 docudrama)
• Kennedy (1983 miniseries)
• Blood Feud (1983 film)
• Prince Jack (1985 film)
• Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985 miniseries)
• Hoover vs. The Kennedys (1987 miniseries)
• Thirteen Days (2000 film)
• RFK (2002 film)
• Bobby (2006 film)
• RFK Must Die (2007 documentary)
• The Kennedys (2011 miniseries)
• Ethel (2012 documentary)
• Killing Kennedy (2013 film)
• Jackie (2016 film)
• Bobby Kennedy for President (2018 miniseries)

Family,
family tree

• Ethel Skakel (wife)
• Kathleen Kennedy (daughter)
• Joseph Patrick Kennedy (son)
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (son)
• Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (son)
• Kerry Kennedy (daughter)
• Christopher G. Kennedy (son)
• Max Kennedy (son)
• Douglas Harriman Kennedy (son)
• Rory Kennedy (daughter)
• Maeve Kennedy McKean (granddaughter)
• Joseph P. Kennedy III (grandson)
• Max Kennedy Jr. (grandson)
• Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (father)
• Rose Kennedy (mother)
• Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (brother)
• John F. Kennedy (brother
• presidency)
• Rosemary Kennedy (sister)
• Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish (sister)
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver (sister)
• Patricia Kennedy Lawford (sister)
• Jean Kennedy Smith (sister)
• Ted Kennedy (brother)
• Patrick J. Kennedy (grandfather)
• Mary Augusta Kennedy (grandmother)
• John F. Fitzgerald (grandfather)

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