John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, saved the world from WWIII during the Cuban Missile Crisis; but do you know his brother, Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy? RFK was born into a wealthy and political family. He helped his brother JFK campaign and after he was elected as U.S. Attorney general and he resigned after JFK was murdered in 1963. Robert Kennedy was shot and killed in 1968.

RFK was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on November 20, 1925. The Fitzgerald – Kennedy family consisted of RFK, his three brothers, and his five sisters. The family moved to the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1940 because RFK’s father was the ambassador for the United Kingdom. RFK later attended the University of Virginia Law School and Harvard University. He got married to Ethel Skakel and had 11 children, his youngest daughter, Rory was born six months after his death.

Robert Kennedy’s goal was to give equal rights to African-Americans, and he helped by removing the Jim Crow laws, his main accomplishment. The repeal of those laws ended segregation of waiting rooms, water fountains, and restrooms in interstate bus stations. His work inspired others to get more active for equality for black people, and that was eventually reached. Robert F. Kennedy campaigned for presidency because the desire to stop segregation and make more changes.

On June 6, 1968 he was assassinated in Los Angeles by a Palestinian man named Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan was angry because RFK always backed Israel during conflicts. His work affects us today by not having segregated water fountains, waiting rooms, and bathrooms at interstate bus stops.