The convention took place less than a year after Kennedy's assassination. In honor of Kennedy, Robert Kennedy was to introduce a short film in his late brother's memory. Kennedy received 22 minutes of uninterrupted applause, causing him to break into tears before delivering his speech.
This was where civil rights heroine Fannie Lou Hamer gave her famous "I'm sick and tired" speech, and the epic fight over seating the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party as the official delegation took place, an event that had repercussions that are still felt almost half a century later.
