Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated after giving one of the greatest speeches of his career, "I've Been to the Mountaintop". In this speech he prophetically predicted an early demise. At the same time of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination, Robert Francis Kennedy, the younger brother of the late President John F. Kennedy was giving a speech of his own in Muncie, Indiana relating to his proposed 1968 Presidential run. After arriving in his final destination for the day, Indianapolis, Indiana RFK learned of MLK's death. Arriving in the heart of Indianapolis's ghetto he spoke from his heart and gave one of the most genuine and greatest speeches in American history.