A Ripple of Hope
A few minutes after midnight on June 5th, 1968, Sirhan Sirhan (allegedly) shot
Robert Kennedy in the kitchen of the Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles, CA, following RFK's win of the California primary.
Late on June 6th, RFK's heart finally gave out.

RFK & Cesar Chavez take mass together, March 1968
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope,

RFK & Cesar Chavez take mass together, March 1968
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope,
and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down
the mightiest walls of oppression and injustice."
~ Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20,1925- June 6,1968)


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