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    Topic What happened on November 22, 1963? How did this event affect the nation? (1-2) Name: Samantha Stern Source: "J. F. Kennedy's Assassination." U.S.A Sixties, Grolier Educational, 2001, pp. 5-9. Notes: (bullet points only) Tool used in presentation: Created by: Topic: Who were Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how did they try to change American Society? What were they trying to accomplish? Name: Jessica Moskovits Source:…

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    John F. Kennedy was one of the greatest American President to have ever lived. He had good looks and was extremely dedicated towards serving the American people. Kennedy often fought for the minority, by advocating for civil rights and showing deep commitment to public services, as well as space exploration. However, for every great person, there are those who wish them harm. On November 22nd, 1963, president Kennedy was fatally shot by a Lee Harvey Oswald, while he was waving to the crowd.…

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    In this article, Monsky claims that media coverage played an influential role in the way Americans remember and think about the assassination President Kennedy. However, Monsky argues that the continuous media coverage of the President shapes the views regarding the assassination of the Kennedy. According to Monsky (5) newspapers such as the “Dallas Times Herald” published the primary motorcade routes President Kennedy would use through downtown Dallas before his trip. As such, the assassin got…

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    He made another film while in Mexico and which was a multiple –image color known as Hunting for Mushrooms. It was based on a quest through far-off villages for hallucinogens which were being used in religious rites in India. While Bruce was making this movie, Timothy learly accompanied though he was stranger to him and had stopped by to see him. Adding sound to that film, it became the original of the present widespread method in “acid documentaries” . His lengthiest film was a thirteen minutes…

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    King Tut's Death Theory

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    It was not until the 19th century, when Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered by an English archaeologist Howard Carter. This discovery revealed the wealth that defined the Egyptian kingship and the rituals of the burial of Tutankhamun (Sayre Henry M. p 67). Since little was known about Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, there began to be many theories floating around about how he died. He was a young boy who ruled Egypt as a pharaoh for 10 years, until his death at age 19. King Tut’s sudden…

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    Who Really Killed JFK? John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. John F. Kennedy was born is Brookline, Massachusetts. On November 8, 1960, he became the youngest president at age 43. He was the 35th president of the United States. While he was on the street riding with the top down with his wife, somebody shot and assassinated JFK. Later that day they arrested Lee Harvey Oswald for the shooter, but others think it was somebody else, but they don’t know for sure…

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    Looking back at the JFK assassination, with regards to news media of the past and present, there are many differences to how the terrible event would have been covered today. Back in 1963, before hundreds of cable channels, before smart phones, before social media, and decades before the invention of the Internet, there were more limited sources of information and the media had more time to compose their stories. Kennedy was shot during a presidential motorcade through Dallas, Texas. Many news…

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    After John Wilkes Booth escaped from the heavy locked-down Washington D.C. and the Northern army, on the night of the assassination of President Lincoln, JWB headed to Texas and there he took the alias: John Saint Helen. This Friday, October 27th, 2017 the, supposedly, last of the withheld records associated with the John F. Kennedy assassination are set to be released. With the many, many coincidences between these two murders, one more seems to be ready to hit the consciousness of millions of…

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    I think when people from the north part of the U.S. heard that JFK was going to Dallas people paid Oswald to shoot him because he lived in the south. Maybe other assassins from different countries paid Oswald. No one knows for sure what happened it has been a long time since JFK’s death and we still don’t have evidence. Why would anybody want to kill JFK? Maybe people didn’t like that he was a democrat or people might not have agreed with anything he’s said. Maybe other countries wanted Lee to…

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    Robert Caro, the author of the prize winning 2010 biography of president Lyndon B. Johnson in the excerpt “The transition”. The Transition, details the tragic story of the day of assassination of JFK the 35th president of U.S. Johnson himself, had to step into the role of president of the United States straight after the assassination of JFK. Robert Caro’ style of writing of descriptive language and infusion of imagery. These two English techniques together, creates a suspenseful and…

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