On the Mindless Menace of Violence is a speech given by United States Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy . He delivered it in front of the City Club of Cleveland at the Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel on April 5 , 1968 , the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr . With the speech , Kennedy sought to counter the King-related riots and disorder emerging in various cities , and address the growing problem of violence in American society
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
On the Mindless Menace of Violence