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.
Explore the difficult relationship that existed at Dallas police headquarters between law enforcement officials and more than 300 journalists during the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination. This presentation was told through the firsthand recollections of key participants and was presented by the Museum’s Associate Curator Stephen Fagin.
Use your detective skills to uncover the history and meaning behind items in the Museum’s collection of 1960s teaching artifacts - a fun assortment of books, magazines, cameras, toys, clothing, newspapers, music and more! The Museum’s curator of education, Sharron Conrad, led this hands-on adventure.
Photographs, oral histories and documents from the 1960s illustrated the local Civil Rights Movement and its effect on Dallas. Discover how the death of President John F. Kennedy, whose call for equality inspired millions, made an impact on Dallas activists. This event marked the 47th anniversary of President Kennedy’s televised national address on civil rights.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the American Institute of Architects Dallas and the Dallas Architecture Forum presented “The John F. Kennedy Memorial at 40: A Conversation with Frank Welch and Dale Sellers.” The program included a reception, book signing and walk to the Memorial. Watch this video on YouTube.
So, just how does a researcher gain access to the books, DVDs, oral histories and other materials in the Museum’s new Reading Room? Find out during this orientation led by our librarian, Pauline Martin.
What do young people really think about the assassination of President Kennedy in November 1963, and how do they define his legacy? Listen to this enlightening conversation with Curator of Education Sharron Conrad that puts student voices on center stage!
On Friday, November 22, 1963, newspaper photographer Bob Jackson was assigned to take pictures of President Kennedy’s visit to Dallas for the Dallas Times Herald. Learn how he covered one of the largest news events of the 20th century.
Gary Mack has been researching the Kennedy assassination since 1975, served as a consultant to the Museum since the planning stages in the early 1980s and joined the Museum staff in 1994.
On the closing weekend of this exhibit, discover how Bob Jackson’s amazing portfolio of photographs became a Museum exhibit. Listen as Jackson recounts the story behind the exhibit and his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph with museum curator Gary Mack and associate curator Stephen Fagin.
The Kennedy motorcade arrived at Parkland Memorial Hospital five minutes after the shooting in Dealey Plaza. Approximately 48 hours later, accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald died there after being gunned down in the basement of police headquarters. Find out more through physicians’ notes, oral histories, hospital records and other unique accounts.
