Robert F. Kennedy 1925 1968 American politician who successfully managed his brother Johns presidential campaign and was later appointed Attorney General He was assassinated in 1968 while running for president Exceptional historic content Tls robert F. Kennedy as Attorney General 9pp. 4to washington Jan 24 1963 retained carbon copy with original signature Headed dear Mr President john F. Kennedy Kennedy gives a full report on the Justice Department 1962 efforts in the field of civil rights with detailed entries concerning voting, transportation schools employment sit-ins, police brutality, and so on The superb content illustrates both Kennedys commitment to the improvement of civil rights In part rioting and violence at the University of Mississippi overshadowed the civil righ field a year of resistance by the South to law and the orders of our courts major steps toward equal opportunity and equal rights for all our citizens and in every area of civil rights each citizen right to vote is fundamental to all the other rights guard against specific attempts to frighten, intimidate, or penalize Negroes we are accelerating our progress Much fine content citing legal actions tak against repressive local governments arrests of uncompliant officials mentions of James Meredith church burnings, and mass arrests and so on A historically- important letter and perhaps the finest Robert F. Kennedy item available