The Kennedy Assassination Nov 22 1963 November 22

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

• 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

I’m just a patsy…

• Nov. 24, Oswald was shot by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby

Warren Commission • Nov. 29, 1963, Pres. Johnson appointed the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, aka: the Warren Commission

• After 3 months, the Warren Commission concludes that Oswald acted alone in killing the President

Conspiracy Theories • Did Oswald really work for the CIA? • Did Oswald work for USSR, he had lived there in the 50’s? • Pro-Castro? Anti-Castro? • Mob? • LBJ? • Many, many more…

• Was Oswald really the killer, were other shots fired from other locations? –The grassy knoll? –Manhole? • Mafia involvement? • Cuban connection? • Aliens?

Friday, Novem Why ber 22, Dallas 1963 The Parkla ? Motorc nd ade Hospit Transf al/Dea th ofer of Arrest Power JFK and

How The many Single shots? Bullet Theory CIA KGB What really How happe many ned? The gunmen Grassy ? Who had Knoll motive? Oswald – alone? Fidel Castro & Pro-Castro Groups Mafia LBJ Anti-Castro Exile Groups

Impact JFK’s Legacy JFKs Popularity Modern Presidency popular culture LBJ Entertainmen t