Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.
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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.
This program examines one of the most fascinating trials in American history. Former ABC reporter and anchor Murphy Martin covered the events following President Kennedy's assassination and Jack Ruby's trial and was able to persuade Judge Joe B. Brown to allow a single camera in the courtroom when the verdict was read. (This may have …
In "When The News Went Live: Dallas 1963," journalists Bob Huffaker, Bill Mercer, George Phenix and Wes Wise recount their coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and its aftermath, discuss how this tragedy brought live television to the forefront of news and how broadcast news has changed since 1963. A book signing event follows …
Dr. Ronald C. Jones was chief surgery resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 22, 1963. He was having lunch when he received word that the president had been shot and was en route to the hospital. He and Dr. Malcolm Perry immediately ran to the emergency room, where they joined other physicians in the …
Respected former journalist, author and noted historian Dr. Darwin Payne leads a presentation on the history of civil rights in Dallas.
