Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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2014 Living History Series – Eddie Griffin

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

A Fort Worth native, Griffin was outside the Hotel Texas when the Kennedys arrived on November 21, 1963. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Griffin traveled across the …

2014 Living History Series – Rio Sam Pierce

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

A Dallas police officer for 27 years, Pierce was in charge of basement security on the day of Lee Harvey Oswald’s scheduled transfer to the Dallas County Jail. Pierce drove …

2014 Living History Series – Eugene Boone

A Dallas deputy sheriff in 1963, Boone discovered the rifle on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Prior to joining the Sheriff’s Department, he worked at the …

Great Peacemakers with Artist and Journalist Karen Blessen

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Karen Blessen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, illustrator and founder of 29 Pieces, an art organization that mounted the Dallas LOVE Project, the largest public art project in Dallas' history …

Documenting History with Allen Mondell

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Allen Mondell has over 45 years of experience in television and film. He co-wrote, produced and directed the films seen in the permanent exhibition at The Sixth Floor Museum. He …

2015 Living History Series – Elmer Boyd

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

A Dallas police homicide detective who conducted crime scene investigations at the Texas School Book Depository following the assassination, Boyd also escorted Lee Harvey Oswald at Police Headquarters on the …

Reporting History with Pierce Allman

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

Pierce Allman is a career journalist, working as WFAA-Radio’s program director in 1963 covering President Kennedy’s visit to Dallas. He was one of the first reporters inside the Texas School …

2015 Living History Series – Bob Welch

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

A reporter and cameraman for Dallas-Fort Worth NBC affiliate WBAP-TV, Welch was at Love Field, the Trade Mart, and Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he captured the only known sound recording …

2015 Living History Series – Kenneth Giannoules

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas, TX, United States

As a longtime U.S. Secret Service agent, Giannoules served on the White House Detail for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. He worked the midnight shift at the Hotel Texas during …

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