Echoes of 68 By Hank Silverberg “What we need in the United states is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness. But its love and wisdom and compassion towards one another --a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country . ” Those words were spoken 50 years ago by Robert F. Kennedy, on April 4 ,1968. He was running for President and heading for a campaign stop in inner city Indianapolis, Indiana, when word came that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis. The local police and his security detail advised Kennedy to cancel the appearance, fearing that as word spread there would be violence. Kennedy chose instead to mount the back of a flat-bed truck, and tell the mostly black audience about Dr. King ’s murder. His tone was somber, his words cautious. You could see to genuine sorrow in his face. “ W e can do well in this country. We wi