<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="A black and white photo of Robert Kennedy shaking hands with a nun as many children surround them" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?w=2000&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?resize=780%2C520&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="337925" data-permalink="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/robert-kennedy-1967_ap6704110276_ap-photo-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1333" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"AP1967","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Robert-Kennedy-1967_AP6704110276_AP-Photo" data-image-description="
Sen. Robert Kennedy, D-NY (center) reaches to shake the hand of a Catholic nun as he is surrounded by elementary students during his inspection into the anti-poverty program in Mississippi, at Greenville, on April 11, 1967. (AP Photo)
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Paul Krause writes about his experience as a writer in Greenville, Miss., decades ago, noting how race played a role in how newsrooms reported. Here, Sen. Robert Kennedy reaches to share the hand of a Catholic nun while surrounded by elementary students during a trip he took to Greenville, Miss., in 1967. AP Photo
Paul Krause, who spent years reporting for the Delta-Democrat Times in Greenville, Miss., reflects on his career and how the state’s history with race affected his and his colleague’s reporting.
