Rock the Vote: Robert Kennedy

For the month of October, we’ll be doing a daily series of posts featuring some of the most memorable politicians from the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. You can see many cool additional images at Boom Underground.

Time, September 16, 1966
Illustration: David Stone Martin

Robert Kennedy was the United States Attorney General from 1961-64, and the U.S. Senator from New York from 1965-68. He was campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1968 when he was assassinated.