JFK assassinated sixty years ago today by a single lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald here in Dallas from the Texas School Book Depository.
Several events have remembered the Dallas tragedy this week including a fundraiser last night for the Dallas Municipal Archives.
Author Darwin Payne was scheduled to attend and answer questions.
Participants got a close-up view of original Dallas Police Department JFK investigation documents and photographs.
Additionally, City Archivist John Slate and Assistant City Archivist Kristi Nedderman will be at Top Ten Records today at 1:00PM.
There you can learn about Oak Cliff’s many connections to the events of November 22, 1963 assassination.
Original and facsimile Dallas Police Department documents and photographs and learn about their preservation and care.
The Sixth Floor Museum is also operating with normal hours.
JFK Assassinated Sixty Years Ago – Any New Lessons?
The assassination of Kennedy began what was a tumultuous decade of race riots amidst calls for new civil rights law.
Police in many southern cities cracked down on protestors ignoring calls for civil rights protections.
Since then the police appear to better protect right wing protestors rights over the civil rights of others.
Kennedy’s last speech was planned to speak to the American middle, not the “fanatics.” He was specific in saying duty was not to party, but country.