Robert Kennedy's Remarkable Speech at Creighton University by Dennis P. Crawford, Nabraska History Magazine, Vol 104 No. 2, Summer 2023, History Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska pp 100-104.
Only fifteen states held primaries in 1968. This made each state primary more important. Kennedy had won the week before in Indiana. He campaigned hard in Nebraska, visiting every city over 10,000 and 25 counties. However a Creighton University was not really home turf.
As part of his speech, question and answer he indicated he was against draft deferment for those attending University. He indicated that this deferment resuted in more African Americans carrying the load of military service as they were less likely to be in college. The same for those who were poorer. His views were contrary to most of those who attended the speech. Even so he won Nebraska handily, winning every county.
Even though Kennedy would lose in Oregon, he appeared on his way to victory in California, which may have given him the energy needed to take New York and win the nomination. However his love was cut short in California with an assassin's bullet.
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