1968: A Turbulent Year

Edward M. Kennedy makes the eulogy for his brother, the slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

AP images from the RFK assassination and funeral

 
FILE - This June 1968 file photo shows Sirhan Sirhan, right, a suspect of shooting Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, with his attorney Russell E. Parsons in Los Angeles. Associated Press Hollywood reporter Bob Thomas was on a one-night political assignment in June 1968 to cover Kennedy’s victory in the California presidential primary when mayhem unfolded before his eyes. (AP Photo/File)

How the AP covered the RFK assassination 50 years ago

 
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2016, file pool photo, former Robert Kennedy aide Paul Schrade who was shot in the head by Sirhan Sirhan reacts during a parole hearing for Sirhan at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. For the 15th time, officials denied parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, Pool, File)

Wounded RFK aide from shooting still pushing RFK legacy

 
FILE - In this June 5, 1968 file photo, presidential hopeful Sen. Robert F. Kennedy waves goodbye to his supporters as he prepares to leave the Ambassador Hotel ballroom in Los Angeles, before exiting through a kitchen backatage. A day after meeting his hero Robert Kennedy, hotel busboy Juan Romero raced to congratulate the senator moments after his victory in the California presidential primary. After Kennedy briefly paused to shake the hand of the Mexican-born 17-year-old, an assassin gunned down Kennedy in front of Romero, fostering a guilt that would last for decades. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)

Busboy who held dying RFK speaks of lingering pain

 
In this March 23, 2018 photo, former Associated Press staffer Kathryn Johnson, is interviewed at her home in Atlanta. Johnson recounted the aftermath Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. Johnson was the only reporter given access to the King family and the dealings of MLK's funeral arrangements. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

AP was there: Journalists recall covering MLK assassination

 

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Kennedy birthplace to mark 50 years since RFK assassination

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The suburban Boston house where Robert F. Kennedy was born is holding special events this week to mark the 50th anniversary of his death.
 
This image shows the original AP wire story about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. Fifty years after King's death, his admirers are marking the anniversary with marches, speeches and quiet reflection in Memphis, his hometown of Atlanta, Ga., and points beyond. (AP Photo)

AP Was There: The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — In the spring of 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had won victories on desegregation and voting rights and had been planning his Poor People’s Campaign when he turned his attention to Memphis, the gritty city by the Mississippi River.
 
This Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 photo shows Vietnam veteran Dallas Brown, left, pointing to himself in a Vietnam War-era photo in Fort Campbell, Ky. Fellow veteran Tim Wintenburg is at the far right in the iconic war photo, which was taken by Associated Press freelancer Art Greenspon on April 1, 1968, nearly 50 years ago. The photo was on the front page of the New York Times and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Brown and Wintenburg recently visited Fort Campbell to talk about the photo and the war. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

Burnished in history: How an AP photo showed the cost of war

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Dallas Brown can still see the bullets coming for him 50 years later, smacking into the dirt at his feet as north Vietnamese soldiers fired on his platoon during an ambush deep in the jungle.
 

AP Was There, in 1968

The Tet Offensive in Vietnam. The My Lai Massacre. The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Civil rights and anti-war protests.
 
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 1968, file photo, a motorized cart, called a "mule," carries wounded U.S. Marines from battle areas to a first aid station near the University of Hue. U.S. and South Vietnamese Marines were struggling to crush the remnants of North Vietnamese forces in Hue's Citadel. Early on the morning of Jan. 31, 1968, as Vietnamese celebrated the Lunar New Year, or Tet as it is known locally, Communist forces launched a wave of coordinated surprise attacks across South Vietnam. The campaign, one of the largest of the Vietnam War, led to intense fighting and heavy casualties in cities and towns across the South. (AP Photo/Al Chang, File)

AP WAS THERE: The Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive

EDITOR’S NOTE — Early on the morning of Jan. 31, 1968, as Vietnamese celebrated the Lunar New Year, or Tet as it is known locally, Communist forces launched a wave of coordinated surprise attacks across South Vietnam.