About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of Senator Edward M. Kennedy's involvement in a tragic 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 Kennedy and his wife Joan in the mid-sixties Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Joe Gargan's sister Ann, Joe Kennedy's longtime caretaker. Joe Gargan, late in life. Kopechne family gravestone

Topics covered

• history
• politics
• society
• culture
• documentary

Keywords

• Edward M. Kennedy
• Chappaquiddick
• auto accident
• political history
• July 19, 1969

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