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What Is Lee Harvey Oswald's Involvement In Anti-Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill President Kennedy by himself. While the Warren Commission provides some evidence that he may have worked alone, it ignored clear connections between Oswald and various organized crime groups. Almost all of the assertions of the Warren Commissions have an aspect of doubt. For example, as Kurtz states, “Even if [Oswald’s] rifle was one of the assassination weapons, there is no proof that Oswald fired it” (182). This reasonable doubt as to Oswald’s sole involvement in the crime exist throughout the Warren Commission. More evidence that supports the idea that Oswald did not work alone is his involvement in anti-Kennedy organizations. For example, Oswald was spotted with David Ferrie, a known anti-Kennedy voice. As Kurtz accounts, …show more content…
King’s leadership resulted in one of the the greatest non-violent mass protests in the history of the western world. King represented a sense of hope and promise to the followers of the Civil Rights Movement. The most important aspect to understand in this debate is King’s non-violence. With many other African-American leaders, such as Malcolm X, taking a more aggressive, violent approach to change, King saw the potential in Ghandi’s peaceful protests. As Fairclough writes, “Few blacks believed that the city’s businessmen would have accepted desegregation but for the double pressure of the demonstrations and the economic boycott of downtown stores” (209). The only effective events in the Civil Rights movements were those that followed King’s system of non-violence. While Carson argues that rather than King’s presence, “the success of the black movement required the mobilization of black communities…”(219), this assertion is made under the assumption that a non-violent leader would organize the masses. Without King’s leadership, there may have been an violent uprising that only led to more tensions between the

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