Moving Forward in the Civil Rights Movement - "Robert Kennedy and the Assassination of Revered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

SUMMARY
New York Senator Robert Kennedy was a huge particpator in the fight for freedom and civil rights among the blacks living in America. Kennedy was involved with and had a relationship with Martin Luther King, Jr,  who he suggested should march an army of poor people to Washington in the hopes of persuading President Johnson to "address their plight." At a campaign event in Indianapolis that was organized by the former Chairman of the SNCC, John Lewis, the members of the committee learned of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr and as a whole agreed that Kennedy would deliver the news of the tragedy to the crowd that was full of blacks. Kennedy offered that black people and white people can live in separate worlds filled with hatred toward one another. However, Kennedy greatly encouraged that the black individuals that are filled with even more hatred as a result of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. by a white man. Kennedy believed that as Martin Luther King did, they can make an effort "to understand and to comprehend, and to replace that violence...with an effort to understand with compassion and love." Rather than to shed blood and kill, Kennedy believes that these hate-filled individuals should make an effort, as did their leader, to understand the white race. Kennedy preached that the United States cannot be divided nor can it be filled with hate; the United States must become a nation filled with love and compassion, whether it be towards a white or black individual. At the end of his speech to the black crowd, Kennedy stated that the majority of the people living in the United States want peace and understanding, and as a race, the blacks must come together and take the first step forward towards this desire.

QUESTION 1: After King's assassination Senator Robert Kennedy stated, "it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in." What did Kennedy see as the solution to the moral and political crisis in the wake of King's assassination?
As the solution to the moral and political crisis in the wake of King's assassination, Kennedy saw that the black race must join together to create an environment full of peace and understanding. Kennedy believed that the blacks must dedicate themselves to the cause that Martin Luther King so loyaly dedicated himself to for several years - the fight for black freedom and equality. The black race must take the first step in fulfilling King's dream, and by this is meant that the United States is a nation filled with peace, happiness, and equality.