This year marks the 50th anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s visit to South Africa in 1966. Last month, a large delegation of the Kennedy family, led by RFK’s daughter Kerry Kennedy, in addition to a Congressional delegation and others, recently traveled in South Africa to commemorate.  Faculty Associate Larry Shore (Film and Media) was also invited to join the delegation. Having grown up in South Africa, Shore was active in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and was present for Kennedy’s visit. Shore teaches about South Africa here at Hunter College and his award-winning film RFK In The Land Of Apartheid: A Ripple Of Hope documents Robert Kennedy’s trip.

FILE – In this June 7 1966 file photo Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is surrounded by students and newsmen as he tours Stellenbosch, South Africa during five-day visit to South Africa as the guest of the multiracial National Union of South African students. In 1966 Kennedy traveled to apartheid South Africa and spoke about equality and the rule of law. This week members of his family are in democratic South Africa to mark the 50th anniversary of that visit. (AP Photo/Dennis Lee Royle, File)

During the visit, Shore’s film was screened at one of the main events in Durban, and was shown again on South African television.

Larry Shore, Kerry Kennedy and Albertina Luthuli (the daughter of Chief Albert Luthuli) on the panel discussion after the screening of Shore’s film.

The trip was very well covered in the media, including in the following two articles:

Kerry Kennedy: “Ripples of Hope” Continue to Inspire U.S. – South Africa Relationship 50 Years Later

Kennedy relatives visit South Africa to mark anniversary