 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1968, Phillips akatungamirira mushandirapamwe waRobert F. Kennedy wokutsvaka kuva purezidhendi muD.C. Akatungamirira nhume dzakabva kuDistrict of Columbia kuDemocratic National Convention ya1968 muChicago. Nhengo dzeDare reDunhu dzakanga dzakapikirwa pakutanga kuna Robert F. Kennedy. Asi, pashure pokuurayiwa kweSenator Kennedymukuvamba kwaJune muCalifornia, nhume yacho yakasarudza panzvimbo pezvo kugadza Rev. Phillips somwanakomana anodiwa. 