television broadcast of the events surrounding the assassination. For many Americans it was the first time they sat glued to their TV sets as a drama of surreal proportions played out on their screens. We lived and relived the events of the shooting‚ Lee Harvey Oswald’s arrest‚ Jack Ruby shooting and killing Oswald and John F. Kennedy’s funeral. It was a time of fledgling news commentary and journalistic hype. This went on over a period of weeks‚ moment by
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Theory. There are many conspiracy theories about John F. Kennedy. Some of those theories are; Lee Harvey Oswald‚ magic bullet‚ and the umbrella man. First is Lee Harvey Oswald. There were many conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22nd‚ 1963. These theories suspect that the assassination involved people or organizations other than Lee Harvey Oswald. Most current theories put forth a criminal conspiracy involving parties as different as the
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1963‚ raised questions that until today‚ have not yet been fully answered. Over the past decades‚ there have been many conspiracy theories about who was involved. Although the Warren Commission states that the only person who was involved was Lee Harvey Oswald‚ many people believe that the assassination of Kennedy was a conspiracy. These myths have not yet been completely put to rest. Through the use of existing empirical evidence‚ research‚ and scientific reasoning‚ historians attempt to find the
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motorcade drove through Dallas‚ Texas‚ by Lee Harvey Oswald. Even though some people may believe that this killing was justified‚ the assassination of JFK is unjustified because there are many conspiracy theories and the police investigation was not thorough or documented correctly. First‚ there were many conspiracy theories. Many people believed that Lee Harvey Oswald had help with this job. According to the article on history.com‚ one theory was that Lee Harvey Oswald was working on behalf of Castro because
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Lee didn’t grow up with a father and had no friends in his teen years. He took an interest in communism and would eventually consider himself a Marxist. Lee Harvey Oswald joined the Marine Corps and was superb at his ability in the shooting range. Lee was able to shoot 200 yards away from a target at 49 out of a possible 50 times at an impressing time. Later on he moved to the Soviet Union where he wanted to
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supposed killer Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots‚ hitting two of the shots. One of the three shots hit Governor Connally‚ the other fatally struck the President. Both were rushed to the hospital in critical condition‚ and 30 minutes later President Kennedy died in the hospital. The day after the assassination‚ the new President Lyndon Johnson made his first proclamation‚ making November 25 the day that they mourn the President the United States had lost. The assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was born‚
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It was the 22nd of November 1963‚ when President Kennedy was travelling through Dallas on a speech presenting tour. The president had previously been warned that the people of Dallas disliked him‚ and that the trip would be dangerous. Despite these warning‚ JFK saw it as a way to gain popularity and enhance his standing in the Southern states. As President Kennedy disembarked Air Force One‚ he was escorted into an open limousine 2nd from the front of the Motorcade‚ where he was to be driven
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of free expression.” ― Earl Warren Chief Justice Earl Warren established a commission to investigate the death of John F. Kennedy‚ called the Warren Commission. After the nearly yearlong investigation they concluded that the killer was Lee Harvey Oswald‚ who was also later killed on his way to the Dallas police headquarters. The Warren Commision was written a week after JFK’s assassination. It created controversy‚ but it also solved the murder of America’s 35th president. On November
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Unlike previous presidents killed‚ the JFK assassination is one that is filled the conspiracy theories. Such theories include a Government cover-up‚ Mafia influence and Cuban President Fidel Castro. I believe that it was the mafia and Lee Harvey Oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald‚ plotting to kill President Kennedy is too simple.Since he had no communication with the outside world but someone had to take the blame for it and it wasn’t going to be the mafia. In this paper I will discuss a couple of the conspiracy
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Kennedy. Rumors began to fly as to how planned it: Castro forces‚ the Mafia‚ the FBI‚ the CIA‚ the KGB‚ and Lee Harvey Oswald‚ but many believed that a “lone gunman” could not have committed the murder. The main suspect was Lee Harvey Oswald‚ a 24-year-old ex-Marine who was known to read Marxist literature. Shortly after being discharged from the Corps in September of 1959‚ Lee Harvey Oswald went to Moscow to defect from the United States‚ although his request for residency was denied he was allowed
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