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.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning political reporter for the Associated Press for more than 40 years, Mears covered every presidential election from 1960 to 2000. He later wrote "The Kennedy Brothers" (2009). Watch the video on YouTube.
Within six minutes of the shooting in Dealey Plaza, the presidential limousine carrying President John F. Kennedy and Governor John Connally arrived at the Emergency Room entrance to Parkland Memorial Hospital. A team of doctors worked in vain to save the life of the president. Join us for a panel discussion with Dr. Ronald C. …
Journalist Hugh Aynesworth covered the Kennedy assassination for the Dallas Morning News. Aynesworth later worked for the Washington Times, Newsweek magazine, and ABC's 20/20. He shared memories of the assassination and signed copies of his book, November 22, 1963: Witness to History.
The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy—known as the Warren Commission—was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29, 1963. The Commission’s findings were submitted to President Johnson on September 24, 1964, and have been debated ever since. This unprecedented panel convenes several members of the Warren Commission staff to discuss their …
As Associated Press photographer, Kaufman was at the Fort Worth breakfast and Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963. He took one of the first photos of Lee Harvey Oswald in custody and covered the Jack Ruby trial. Watch the video on YouTube.
Former KRLD journalists Bob Huffaker, Bill Mercer and Wes Wise were joined by former KRLD photographer George Phenix as they discuss memories of covering the Kennedy assassination in a new edition of their book, "When the News Went Live: Dallas, 1963". Watch the video on YouTube.
Dick Stolley, Bob Sullivan, Jim Baker and Alexandra Zapruder discussed and signed copies of their new book, "LIFE The Day Kennedy Died: Fifty Years Later: LIFE Remembers the Man and the Moment." Watch the video on YouTube.
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 …
