[PAR] [TLE] Politics Lost [SEP] Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid, reprinted in 2007 as Politics Lost: From RFK to W: How Politicians Have Become Less Courageous and More Interested in Keeping Power than in Doing What's Right for America, is a 2006 book by journalist Joe Klein on the loss of spontaneity and authenticity in American politics.  The book begins by recounting Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King, which Klein says "marked the end of an era" before polling and consultants took over public life; he then covers all of the U.S. presidential elections from 1976 to 2004. [PAR] [TLE] Martin Luther King Jr. [SEP] Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement.  He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.
[PAR] [TLE] Politics Lost [ SEP ] Politics Lost : How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You 're Stupid , reprinted in 2007 as Politics Lost : From RFK to W : How Politicians Have Become Less Courageous and More Interested in Keeping Power than in Doing What 's Right for America , is a 2006 book by journalist Joe Klein on the loss of spontaneity and authenticity in American politics . The book begins by recounting Robert F. Kennedy 's 1968 speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King , which Klein says " marked the end of an era " before polling and consultants took over public life ; he then covers all of the U.S. presidential elections from 1976 to 2004 . [PAR] [TLE] Martin Luther King Jr. [ SEP ] Martin Luther King Jr. ( born Michael King Jr. , January 15 , 1929 – April 4 , 1968 ) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement . He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi .
The book Politics Lost begins by recounting Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of a man born in what year?
The book Politics Lost begins by recounting Robert F. Kennedy 's speech on the assassination of a man born in what year ?
1929
1929