The Kennedy Assassination Nov. 22, 1963
November 22 rd, 1963 • In Texas for a little campaigning and to help reunite a divided Texas Democratic Party. • Breakfast in Fort Worth
Landing in Dallas
Looking toward reelection… • President and Mrs. Kennedy in Dallas for early campaigning
• Met w/ TX Gov. John Connally and wife at airport
• Drove thru Dallas in a convertible
Route publicized so people could watch
Dealey Plaza
The assassin’s view
• Shots fired! • Both Kennedy and Connally were hit
Rushed to Parkland Hospital
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• Connally eventually recovers • Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1 p. m.
photos were made at the autopsy
Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder of Kennedy and a Dallas Police Officer
A communist sympathizer… A Castro supporter….
“I’m just a patsy…”
• Nov. 24, Oswald was shot by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby
…a nightclub owner…. …ties to the mob?
…the nation mourns with the family…
Warren Commission • Nov. 29, 1963, Pres. Johnson appointed the a committee to “ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy. "
Oswald was gone, but what about Ruby? Jack Ruby told Earl Warren that he would "come clean" if he was moved from Dallas and allowed to testify in Washington. He told Warren "my life is in danger here". He added: "I want to tell the truth, and I can't tell it here. ” Warren refused to have Ruby moved …so he never told…. Eventually, he pleaded insanity and on March 14, 1964, a jury convicted Jack Ruby of killing Oswald and sentenced him to death. Jack Ruby died from cancer less than 3 years later….
• After 3 months, the Warren Commission concludes that Oswald acted alone in killing the President • There was no conspiracy.
Questions!? • Did Oswald really act alone? – The Russians? – Pro- Castro Cubans? • Was he set up? – The Mob? – The CIA? – Anti-Castro Cubans? • Who had the most to gain? • Why did Ruby kill Oswald before he could stand trial?
• Was Oswald really the killer, were other shots fired from other locations? –The grassy knoll? –Manhole? • Who had motive? • • • Pro-Castro Cubans? Anti-Castro Cubans? Soviets? Mafia? LBJ? Jackie?
The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) The Committee reopened the investigation and in 1978 concluded that Kennedy was very likely assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.
Did Assassination change JFK’s legacy?
Impact JFK’s Legacy JFKs Popularity Modern Presidency popular culture LBJ Entertainmen t
1968 MLK
James Earl Ray Pleads guilty to escape death penalty but continues to proclaim innocence. Dies in prison but in 1999 his family is awarded $100 in a wrongful death suit Theory #1: James Earl Ray Was James Earl Ray, a career criminal and known racist, nothing more than a patsy for someone even shadier? Theory #2: Government Memphis police as well as federal agencies Theory #3: Evidence of "Raul" Donald Wilson, a retired FBI employee, found pieces of paper in Ray's car after the 1968 shooting that had the name "Raul" written on them. Theory #4: The Memphis Bar Man Memphis bar owner Lloyd Jowers did it.
Sirhan • RFK had just won the California primary. • Second gunman • Manchurian candidate (Sirhan was hypnotized…) • The woman in the polka-dot dress (Kennedy campaign workers reported seeing a girl in a polka dot dress running from the scene with a man accompanying her, and claimed that the girl exclaimed, "We shot him!". • CIA involvement
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