Biography · SEASON 10

RFK: His Many Sides

Episode 27 · 2002-02-14

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Episode overview

A man who believed that we could be better than ourselves, he was on his way to becoming a great leader-but on June 5th, 1968, his life was cut short. Biography presents an intimate profile of RFK, one of the nation's most promising young politicians. Learn how he yearned to win his father's hard-won approval and the stolid support he provided for JFK. Witness his influential role in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Civil Rights Movement and his role as a surrogate father, son, and husband after JFK's assassination. Discover the personal Bobby Kennedy, from his Harvard days to his close relationship with wife Ethel. Drawing on rare archival footage and interviews with those who knew him best, RFK: His Many Sides traces the remarkable life a man who died before his time, leaving the nation to forever wonder, "What if?"

60 minutes

Season 10 episodes