Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the Bridge at Chappaquiddick (Part One)

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of Senator Edward M. Kennedy's involvement in a fatal auto accident on American political history.

On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political history forever. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1968 Edward Kennedy, campaigning in 1962 John Farrar examining the Kennedy automobile as it is being removed from the water near Dike Bridge Ted Kennedy during nationwide speech following the Chappaquiddick accident District Attorney Edmund Dinis Edgartown Police Chief Dominick "Jim" Arena, later in life

Topics covered

• history
• politics
• society
• culture
• documentary

Keywords

• Edward M. Kennedy
• Chappaquiddick
• auto accident
• political history
• 1969

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Chappaquiddick, Edgartown

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