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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-14
Walinsky discusses his interest in urban America and how this influenced his role in writing Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] speeches regarding this matter. As a result of these speeches, the Bedford-Stuyvesant project began, and Walinsky goes into some detail regarding this, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-13
Walinsky discusses Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] presidential campaign (1968), the Nebraska, Oregon, and California primaries, and their respective speeches. He discusses the campaign’s atmosphere and energy and RFK’s positions against Eugene J. McCarthy and Hubert H. Humphrey, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-12
Walinsky discusses Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] presidential campaign (1968) after Lyndon B. Johnson’s withdrawal from the campaign race. He contextualizes RFK’s campaign in Indiana, the death of Martin Luther King Jr., and a handful of RFK’s speeches, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-11
Walinsky discusses the first fifteen days of Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] presidential campaign (1968). He covers the speechwriting process and Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision to drop out of the presidential campaign, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-10
Walinsky discusses who and what influenced Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] decision to run for president (1968), the reactions that arose from RFK’s subsequent announcement, and the start of RFK’s presidential campaign. Walinsky also discusses the type of relationship RFK had with both Lyndon B. Johnson and Eugene McCarthy, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-09
Walinsky discusses Vietnam, the Daniel Ellsberg memos, his thoughts on leaving Robert F. Kennedy [RFK], and the shaping of RFK’s decision to run for president, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-08
Walinsky discusses Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] Vietnam speech, the work that went into it, and RFK’s thoughts about it and Vietnam. He also discusses two of his works, “Caesar’s Meat,” which is about Robert S. McNamara, and his book To Seek a Newer World, which covers RFK’s speeches, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-07
Walinsky discusses Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] thoughts about China, Robert S. McNamara, and the war in Vietnam. Walinsky also discusses the process of writing the various drafts for RFK’s speeches about Vietnam, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-06
Walinsky discusses an issue that arose between Joseph D. Tydings, Francis X. Morrissey, and the Kennedys, Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] relationship with the Senate, and RFK’s nuclear policy, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-05
Walinsky discusses Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] position as Senator and his relationship with fellow Senate members and his staff. Walinsky also touches upon the Appalachian Amendment and RFK’s nuclear proliferation speech, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-04
Walinsky discusses foreign policy, his role in writing speeches for Robert F. Kennedy [RFK], and RFK’s trips to Latin America in 1965 and South and East Africa in 1966, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-03
Walinsky discusses his role in, and the process of, writing senatorial speeches for Robert F. Kennedy [RFK], RFK’s relationship with his own staff, and RFK’s relationship with Walinsky himself, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-02
Walinsky discusses the beginning of Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] senatorial career, the Appalachia and Elementary School Aid bills, and the process of writing RFK’s speeches, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-01
Walinsky discusses the relationship he had with Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] while he was working for the Department of Justice, as a speech writer for RFK during his New York senatorial campaign (1964), and then for RFK after he became a senator, among other issues.