In this special 90-minute program, first-generation Kennedy assassination researcher Josiah Thompson will discuss his decades-long involvement with the case and the making of his critically acclaimed 1967 classic, Six Seconds in Dallas. Thompson will then bring his research full circle with a presentation based on his new book, Last Second in Dallas.  He will show how evidence of what …

Free Community Conversation Listen to firsthand accounts and reflections on the Civil Rights Movement in Dallas from activists and leaders who were part of this historic effort. Moderator Dr. Robert Edison, Curator of Education at the African American Museum, will lead a discussion on civil rights in Dallas as seen through the lived experiences of …

Free Community Conversation   The panel will discuss the findings of the 1968 Kerner Report and why they resonate today. Commissioned by President Lyndon Johnson to identify the causes the violent 1967 riots that killed dozens of people in cities across the country, the Kerner Commission concluded that systemic racism and lack of opportunity were …

Presentation and Book Discussion Free event at the African American Museum   In this first comprehensive biography of Hosea Williams, Rolundus Rice argues that William’s activism in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was of central importance to the success of the larger civil rights movement. Rice traces William’s journey from a local activist in Georgia …

Museum members are invited to a private tour of Solidarity Now! Members of the Museum are invited to a private tour of Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign with curator Stephen Fagin.   8:30 a.m. | Light breakfast and coffee in the Visitors Center 9 a.m. | Tour begins, will last approximately 45 minutes    …

Free event at the African American Museum   Join community activists and civil right leaders Diane Ragsdale and Marilyn Clark for the next in a series of programs related to Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign. The program will be moderated by Vicki Meek.   Presented in partnership with the African American Museum.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is partnering with The Concert Truck for a series of concerts in public spaces. The Museum will host this unique performance on Sunday, May 28 at 1:00 p.m.     The performance is FREE.  

Members will have the opportunity to see history firsthand at this private event. Not a member? Sign up at jfk.org/join to become a member and receive an invitation today!

VIRTUAL TEACHER SEMINAR Presidential Leadership at Historic Crossroads July 10-13, 2023 | 5-7 p.m. CST | $25   Register here.   We are excited to announce the Museum will be partnering in the summer of 2023 with The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History for a virtual teacher seminar led by Dr. Barbara A. Perry, Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential …

IN-PERSON TEACHER WORKSHOP Sixty Years Later: A Look at JFK Two dates available | July 25 or 26 8:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. | FREE   Register here.   John Fitzgerald Kennedy was President for just 1,036 days. During this time he launched many domestic programs and promised that a man would walk on the moon. His administration …

IN-PERSON TEACHER WORKSHOP Sixty Years Later: A Look at JFK Two dates available | July 25 or 26 8:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. | FREE   Register here.   John Fitzgerald Kennedy was President for just 1,036 days. During this time he launched many domestic programs and promised that a man would walk on the moon. His administration …

  Courtesy Marvin Scott Join the Museum for a special conversation between journalist Marvin Scott and curator Stephen Fagin. Scott has had a remarkable 60 year-long career. The winner of 12 Emmy Awards, he is currently the senior correspondent at New York's WPIX-TV. Among other notable achievements, he recorded a significant interview with Abraham Zapruder in 1966 about his famous film.

Courtesy Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Kennedy Convocation Collection, Photograph 18. Friday, Oct. 6 | 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 | 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8 | 3:00 p.m.    Join the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for a performance of a new work that honors President Kennedy upon the 60th anniversary of his passing. Inspired …

Join the Museum and the Dallas Municipal Archives at the Texas Theatre to celebrate Home Movie Day. Long before phone cameras and social media, people had to use film and videotape to document their lives. This free event celebrates the importance of saving and preserving home movies and home video.   If you have an interesting …

Echoes From a Memory Saturday, November 18 | 7:30 p.m. $35 public $30 member   The Museum has commissioned local composer, Jesus J. Martinez, to create a new piece of music that draws from the Museum’s Oral History collection, as well as historic films and photographs from the Museum’s collections and other sources, to creatively reinterpret …