From the archives: Robert F. Kennedy launches 1968 presidential campaign

On March 16, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced he was running for president during a speech in the Senate caucus room. Kennedy was running to become the Democratic nominee, challenging the incumbent president, Lyndon B. Johnson, who announced later that month that he would not seek reelection.

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