Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
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.
Photojournalists whose iconic images of tragic events share what it's like to witness history through a camera lens, reflect on why their images have proved so enduring, and offer insight on why pictures have so much power to shape our understanding of tragedy. Panelists include Bob Jackson, formerly of The Dallas Times-Herald, who witnessed the …
Journalists share the stage with eyewitnesses who gave oral histories after the tragedy to discuss how original accounts have changed over the years. Some of the Sixth Floor Museum’s extensive archive of oral histories will be featured. Panelists will include The Dallas Morning News' David Tarrant interviewing eyewitness Bob Miller, who was the paper's city …
In 1963, Julian Read was the media representative for Governor John Connally, host of President Kennedy’s November visit to Texas. Read will discuss his new book, JFK’s Final Hours in Texas, in which he documents not only the immediate agony endured by the people in the epicenter of the tragedy, but also the continuing experience of …
The Newmans were the closest civilian eyewitnesses to President Kennedy at the time of the fatal shot and were interviewed on TV immediately after the assassination. This will be the first time all four family members have appeared together. Watch the video on YouTube.
Co-writer Steven L. Davis discussed and signed copies of his new book, Dallas 1963, an in-depth exploration of the swirling forces that led many people to warn President Kennedy to avoid Dallas on his fateful trip to Texas. Moderator was KERA’s Jerome Weeks. Watch the video on YouTube.
The Nasher Sculpture Center will present an encore performance of its commemorative Soundings concert, One Red Rose, on the seventh floor of The Sixth Floor Museum. One Red Rose was written by internationally renowned composer Steven Mackey for the Brentano String Quartet in honor of the anniversary of President Kennedy’s death. It was commissioned by the Nasher with Carnegie Hall …
A reporter for the New York Herald Tribune in 1963, Carroll covered the scene at Dallas police headquarters and witnessed the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. He co-wrote attorney Melvin Belli’s "Dallas Justice" (1964). Watch the video on YouTube.
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 country and became active with the Black Panthers. Watch the video on YouTube.
The Sixth Floor Museum kicked off the symposium, "When Life Strikes the White House: Death, Scandal, Illness and the Responsibilities of a President," with a keynote lecture featuring syndicated columnist and lecturer Richard Reeves. Reeves is currently a lecturer at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communications and is the author of President Kennedy: Profile …
As part of The Sixth Floor Museum’s 25th anniversary commemoration, Associate Curator Stephen Fagin presented a history of the Museum based on his recent book, “Assassination and Commemoration: JFK, Dallas and The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.” Watch the video on YouTube.
