"It's a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his bootstraps. And many Negroes, by the thousands and millions, have been left bootless … as the result of a society that deliberately made his color a stigma...” We have restored 26 minutes of video from this 1967 NBC News interview with MLK, where he discussed a "new phase" of the civil rights struggle 11 months before the assassination. nbcnews.to/2GRn0yN #MLK | NBC News

Fifty years ago today, Robert F. Kennedy gave an iconic speech in Indianapolis, telling the crowd about Martin Luther King's assassination. The city was expected to riot, but instead, he calmed the crowd into silence. Watch Kennedy's full speech below. https://www.wthr.com/article/watch-robert-kennedy-gives-speech-in-indianapolis-after-mlks-assassination | WTHR-TV

When the news broke, the reaction was universal - devastating. Listen as Robert F. Kennedy informs a group of campaign supporters of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in this #HistoryFlashback. | HISTORY