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.
Appearing together for the first time, moderator Pierce Allman leads a discussion with Gene Boone and Luke Mooney about the search of the Texas School Book Depository, how the rifle and shells were found, what was said among the officers and reporters and other dramatic details about that chaotic weekend.
Judge Joe B. Brown, Jr. introduces the Dallas Law Enforcement: Voices From History program series and the inaugural program, a discussion between retired Dallas police Detective Jim Leavelle and former KRLD News Director Eddie Barker. Leavelle was handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when the suspect was shot by Jack Ruby. Barker was the first reporter …
From Dallas Love Field to Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas police headquarters, the award-winning photographer retraces his steps November 22-24, culminating in the dramatic photograph that won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1964—a photo of Jack Ruby shooting assassination suspect Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of Dallas police headquarters. At the time, Jackson was …
Dallas City Archivist John Slate focuses on the John F. Kennedy Collection, comprised of records from the Dallas Police Department. Transferred to the archives in 1989, the collection contains more than 11,400 documents and photographs, including homicide reports, affidavits, witness statements, fingerprint cards and mug shots, newspaper clippings and correspondence. Original artifacts from the archives …
Moderated by acclaimed journalist Hugh Aynesworth, who covered the Kennedy assassination as a Dallas Morning News reporter, panelists Paul Bentley and Jerry Hill talk about their roles as Dallas police officers involved in the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theatre on November 22, 1963.
Dr. Tim Sliter, chief of physical evidence for UT Southwestern Institute of Forensics, leads a panel discussion about the equipment and procedures used in modern forensic investigations and how they compare with those used in 1963 by Lt. Carl Day, who headed the Dallas Crime Lab when President Kennedy was assassinated.
The University of Central Oklahoma Forensic Science Outreach Program, under the supervision of Dr. Dana Rundle, presents an array of educational demonstrations and hands-on activities for families. Learn how forensic science is applied in the real world, including fingerprinting, DNA evidence and bullet trajectory analysis.
Krys Boyd, host of KERA-TV's Think, leads a discussion with Monica Smith, the first and only female president of the Dallas Police Association, and Shirley Gray, the highest ranking African-American female when she retired from the Dallas Police Department, about their accomplishments and challenges.
Paul Bentley discusses his role as the chief polygraph examiner with the Dallas Police Department in 1963. Bentley was involved in the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theatre.
Jim Leavelle talks about his role as a Dallas police detective immortalized in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Bob Jackson of the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Wearing a light-colored suit and a cowboy hat, he was handcuffed to Oswald and helped wrestle Jack Ruby to the ground.
