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Congressman James Rogan
June 6, 2018 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Former Congressman James Rogan
Author of On to Chicago: Rediscovering Robert F. Kennedy and the Lost Campaign of 1968
The 1968 election was—and remains— spellbinding.
Unlike modern presidential campaigns, where a dozen or more unknowns vie for debate stage sound bites, that year nine titans battled for the presidency.
Fifty years later, most people are unaware that in a single race former Vice President Richard Nixon, California Governor Ronald Reagan, President Lyndon Johnson, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Senator Eugene McCarthy, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, former Alabama Governor George Wallace, and Michigan Governor George Romney all squared off for the White House.
The shocking assassination of Robert Kennedy on the night of his California primary victory left a gaping hole in history. and for five decades left this unanswered question: What if?