• Figure 2. President Lyndon Johnson had Lawrence O'Brien, who was a Kennedy family friend and Johnson's special assistant at the time, send this photo of the signing of the Community Health Centers Act Amendments in 1965 to New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy as a friendly gesture. The conflict between Kennedy and Johnson would eventually tear the Democratic Party apart.

President Lyndon Johnson had Lawrence O'Brien, who was a Kennedy family friend and Johnson's special assistant at the time, send this photo of the signing of the Community Health Centers Act Amendments in 1965 to New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy as a friendly gesture. The conflict between Kennedy and Johnson would eventually tear the Democratic Party apart.

From In his own right: the political odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy by Joseph A. Palermo

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