He was referring to the death of Martin Luther King Jr. It was in response to a question from a reporter about MLK death. He wanted black people to know that not all white people are haters just because a white man had killed him.
Kennedy was referring to the killing of Martin Luther King. He was trying to quell the anger of the black people toward whites.
In this excerpt, we see that former President Kennedy was replying a news reporter who inquired about the death of Martin Luther King. The Black Americans were angry because he was assassinated by a white man.
Here Kennedy was trying to quell their anger by saying that even his family lost a family member in the hands of a white person.
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