What is robert f. kennedy`s main purpose in his speech about martin luther king`s assassination? (sites 1 and 2)

Robert F Kennedy's main purpose was to quickly make a statement shortly after hearing of the assassination of the great black civil rights leader Martin Luther Kingtnd interrupted his political campaign to do it and in a black neighborhood. His main purpose was to ask for compassion and understanding between black and white people in the US and to oppose violence in the race relations. 

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