Mr. Kellermeyer
PS 274: American Political Scene
6/6/2018
Earl Warren
Earl Warren was a huge importance in the United States. So much was accomplished with the help of Warren. Growing up poor, he learned to overcome challenges to achieve greatness. During his time he became governor, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, county district attorney, also served his country in the United States Army. Warren dealt with cases in race and other major issues. He led some of the biggest cases during his time, including the John
F. Kennedy's assassination and Brown v. Board of Education (1954). To this day Earl Warren is a respected person of our past.
On March 19, 1891 Earn Warren of Los Angeles was born to Mathias and Crystal.
Growing up he was …show more content…
Thirty minutes later, Oswald was arrested in a movie theater by police responding to reports of a suspect. Oswald was formally arraigned on November 23 for the murders of Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit.
The next day, Oswald was brought to the basement of the
Dallas police headquarters on his way to a more secure county jail. A crowd of police and press with live television cameras rolling gathered to witness his departure. As
Oswald came into the room, Jack Ruby (1911-1967) emerged from the crowd and fatally wounded him with a single shot from a concealed .38 revolver. Ruby, who operated strip joints and dance halls in Dallas and had minor connections to organized crime, was immediately detained. He claimed that rage at Kennedy’s murder was the motive for his action” (History.com).
According to History.com, “After a nearly yearlong investigation, the commission, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren (1891-1974), concluded that alleged gunman Lee Harvey Oswald
(1939-1963) had acted alone in assassinating America’s 35th president, and that there was