Assassination

When renowned actor John Wilkes Booth considered assassinating President Abraham Lincoln, the three key events that eventually fueled him to make his final decision were the fall of Richmond, Lincoln’s speech on black voting rights, and the celebrations of the North post-war. About a week before the official surrender of the South, Booth was crushed by the news of the fall of Richmond, Virginia, “wander[ing] the streets in despair” (Swanson 2). Booth, a strong Confederate, was aware that the…

he ran for President against JFK, and sadly lost. But then got asked to be JFK’s Vice President, and said yes! On November 22, 1963 JFK was shot in Dallas, Texas while in a parade. In a twist of fate LBJ got to be the President because of the assassination. In July 1964 Johnson pushed the Civil Rights Act through Congress. But before 1964 he was against, “colored” people getting the same rights as whites. Why did he sign the Act? He signed the Act because he wanted to get re-elected, because he…

Warriors in both the Greek classical tradition and Quentin Terentino’s movie, Kill Bill, represent the glorification of mimetic violence, vendetta and the conversion and mutilation of the enemy warrior into a state of bloody, pre-existence. However, whereas in classical myth male warriors were culturally expected to perpetuate violence and construct their heroic identity in opposition to their mother, the warrior-bride in kill bill constructs her heroic identity in accordance with her maternal…

learned that the local diner has a portal that can them back to exactly september 9,1958, 11:58, meeting a strange fellow that al calls the yellow card man, because of his yellow card. this is when al tells him that he has been trying to stop the assassination of JFK, but he is dieing because he has spent too much time in the past .Jake is intrigued, he remembers the story of harry, a student turned friend whose dad killed his whole family besides him on halloween of 1958, mentally scarring…

Sirhan Sirhan Did He Do It Khari K. Campbell Penta Career Center  Sirhan Sirhan Did He Do It Senator Kennedy died on June 6, 1968, one day after the shooting at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where he had been celebrating victory in the California primary of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He had just delivered his victory address in the ballroom and was taking a shortcut out of the hotel through the crowded kitchen when Sirhan stepped forward and opened fire.…

Once again I am sitting on the couch watching another News Report on the president, so much has happened since his speech only a few days ago. It all started November 22 in my home city of Dallas. That day I woke up early to watch a news report for the new presidential campaign John F. Kennedy was talking about starting. I got all dressed up to go see the motorcade, and put on a nice hat to cover my head from the sun. It was a fair day, may I say. I picked a nice grassy spot to watch from. I…

The image on fire to conclude this decade in the video is the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald. Mr. Oswald, was accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy was very popular with many constituents and his assassination was stunning. Though this image was from the 1960’s, it gives the point of what actions will take when in the times of adversity which carried over to the next…

first term presidents, it is custom since 1789 to provide the people with an inaugural address, in which gratitude, motives, and visions are commenced. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as the 35th president, served from January 1962 till his assassination in 1963. Other than the fact that Kennedy marked as another president in our history books, it is taken into consideration, his inaugural address was what the people needed for consolidation after the brutal events post 1950s; supported with…

In 1983 Richard Attenborough made a movie based on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi also known as Mahatma Gandhi. This movie is a biography, drama, and historical. The movie starts off by showing the assassination of Gandhi, and then goes into flashback of his life in South Africa and India. The movie covers all importance events that were lead by Gandhi in South Africa and India. The makers put in $22 million worth of hard work to make this film possible. From the story to the actors and…

The assassination of John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy changed America forever, his charisma caught the attention of every citizen in America, his want for change curved the thoughts of the American people, there is no telling what could have come of his leadership and want for more, but on November 22, 1963, Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Days before the assassination of JFK, an ambassador had come to Dallas, and he was booed and spat on as he walked off of the podium after the…