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JFK: A Vision for America with Stephen Kennedy Smith and Douglas Brinkley

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

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy, this program featured a conversation between the president’s nephew Stephen Kennedy Smith, noted historian Douglas Brinkley and acclaimed journalist Rena Pederson. Kennedy Smith and Brinkley are co-authors of  JFK: A Vision For America, a compilation of President Kennedy’s greatest speeches with commentary …

$40 – $125

Teaching Civil Rights from the 1700s through 2017 and Beyond

Old Red Museum 100 S. Houston Street, Dallas, United States

This workshop included primary source activities and guest speakers to put into context the struggle for equal rights from 1776 through today and looking onward. Teachers broaden their own content knowledge and develop primary source-based lesson plans that demonstrate the significance and relevance of historic civil rights milestones.  Speakers: Julie L. Hershenberg, J.D., M.A., M.P.T., …

$25

The Assassin’s Assassin: A Case Study of the Jack Ruby Trial

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

Armed with newly released documents from the original prosecution file, Judge Brandon Birmingham and criminal defense attorney/former Dallas County assistant district attorney Toby Shook told the story of the “trial of the century” that played out just months later in a Dallas courtroom. View this program on YouTube.

$20

From the Oval Office to Dallas Love Field: White House Correspondent Sid Davis Remembers

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

In a special program marking the 55th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis, former White House correspondent Sid Davis shared his memories of being in the Oval Office in October 1962 when President Kennedy demanded the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. Davis was also in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963 and …

$15

What Has the Government Been Hiding? 54 Years of Secrets & the Release of the JFK Records

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

The JFK Records Collection Act of 1992 required the National Archives and Records Administration to release all withheld government files pertaining to President Kennedy’s assassination by October 26, 2017. Best-selling authors Dr. Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and Philip Shenon, former New York Times reporter, discussed the ramifications and revelations of the …

$15

Mourning a President – A Conversation with Major William F. Lee: Memories of a Sentinel

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

As a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in Washington, D.C. in 1963, Major William F. Lee participated in the Death Watch rotations – sentry duty by the U.S. Armed Forces around the president’s casket – in the East Room of the White House and in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Lee silently observed both private …

$10

Nasher Prize Dialogue: Sculpture + History

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

In conjunction with the Nasher Sculpture Center’s Nasher Prize, this program looked at the ways in which artists work with documents, found and archived materials, and research to create sculptural work that considers particularly potent historic moments and issues, as well as the current political climate. Panelists included Chilean-born, New York-based artist, architect and filmmaker …

Free

The Great Society: A Community Conversation

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

Presented with the Dallas Theater Center, this program focused on The Great Society, the second part of Robert Schenkkan’s 2016 play All the Way. While facing a “war on poverty” at home, the increasingly unpopular Vietnam war and powerful political enemies, Lyndon B. Johnson fought to pass civil rights legislation and some of America’s most important social programs. …

Free

Rebel Spirits Opening Program

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

The opening program of the Museum’s temporary exhibit Rebel Spirits: Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. included a preview of the exhibit and a conversation with photojournalist/exhibit curator Lawrence Schiller and David Margolick, author of the book The Promise and the Dream, which helped inspire the Rebel Spirits exhibit. Both the book and the exhibit explore the unique …

$15

Delta Epiphany: RFK In Mississippi

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

Ellen Meacham, author of Delta Epiphany: Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi, discussed the lasting impact of Robert F. Kennedy’s visit to the Mississippi Delta in 1967, where Kennedy was stunned by the level of poverty and hunger he witnessed. Through the press coverage that followed him, the nation gained new understanding that children were starving within …

$15

A Ripple of Hope: Film Screening and Conversation with Producer/Director Donald Boggs

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

A Ripple of Hope is a powerful documentary produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Dr. Donald Boggs that explores the passion for justice and personal courage that linked Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. in life as well as death. This film traces the events of April 4, 1968, when major cities across the United …

$15

Conflicting Conclusions: The Government Assassination Investigations

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

As the intense subjects of discussion and debate that continue today, two crucial government investigations into the death of President John F. Kennedy reflect the evolution of the memory and mood of the nation, from a desire for closure in the immediate aftermath of the assassination to heightened cynicism and mistrust of the government more …

$25

Presidents Day Concert: Honoring the Museum’s 30th Anniversary

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

The Sixth Floor Museum paid tribute to both the Museum’s thirtieth anniversary and the fifty-fifth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. These special milestones were marked by a newly commissioned work “The Sixth Floor” written by award-winning Texas composer Jesus Martinez and performed by the Julius Quartet. Arranged in three movements, “Sniper’s …

The Power of the Magazine Cover: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

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

Successful American leaders have always understood, respected -- and sometimes feared -- the power of the media in shaping and shifting public opinions and perceptions. For more than a hundred years, magazine publishers and politicians have had a symbiotic relationship. From Lincoln to Kennedy and beyond, an American president’s appearance on a magazine cover has …

$15

70 Years of Texas Television: An Evening with Bobbie Wygant

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

Bobbie Wygant joined Texas' first television station, WBAP-TV, in 1948, two weeks before it went on the air. During her remarkable and trailblazing career, spanning seventy years in broadcasting, Wygant interviewed thousands of notable entertainers and celebrities from Bette Davis to Charley Pride to Bradley Cooper. In 1960, she became the first woman in the southwest …

$20