Harvey Pekar

The American Civil War was fought from 1861-1865. It was a turning point for this still young nation. One of the many units that fought for the North was the 54th Massachusetts, a unit of all free black men. The men in this unit were all free when they volunteered to join and fight. Though promised differently, the men of the 54th Massachusetts did not receive the same pay as a white soldier of the same rank. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his men were one of the main units in the assault on…

John F. Kennedy Assassination, 1963 It was late morning, sun shining through the windows, cool breeze in the air as Linda was about to go to the store for her mother. With her mother yelling at her not to forget the grocery list, she had to keep reminding herself to turn the TV off before she left. Linda running to turn it off so she could leave, stopped in her tracks as she saw news headlines across the TV. She stood there, not believing what she was reading. She yells for her mother to…

Kennedy (Calder 182). And with that the collaboration of the deadly trio consisting of Lyndon B. Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover, and the CIA conspired to assassinate the thirty-fifth president of the United States--John F. Kennedy. Victim or culprit? Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of killing the thirty-fifth president of the United States and framed as a pro-Communist, leftist criminal out to spark conflict in the United States, but was that really the case? Oswald was born on October 18, 1939 to his…

Can you ever imagine day knowing your President was going to a city and you see them riding in their car then out of nowhere BAM the president is shot dead.In 1963 in the state of Texas president John F Kennedy was visiting the state of Texas and while riding in he's car out of nowhere BAM a shot from a building is fired and hits the president in the head and kills president John F Kennedy. Now a question you must ask is was this murder of president John F Kennedy a unjust or just. The…

names were, Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, etc. John wanted the Cubans to go back to where they came from to fight back Bay of Pigs. On November 22, 1963, JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. But, who is Lee Harvey Oswald? His name is obviously Lee Harvey Oswald. His wife’s name was Marina Oswald Porter. Lee Harvey Oswald was born on October 18, 1939. Does he have any children? Yes. The names of his children were June Lee Oswald and Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald. Oswald died November 24,…

Lee Harvey Oswald had to have been part of a bigger conspiracy. There is no way that he could have done this alone. Him and Jack Ruby met in a night club 2 weeks before the assassination. Those 2 probably had something to do with the mob. Oswal´s job was to kill the president and if he did it wrong then Jack Ruby was to kill him. Jack Ruby tried to warn police to change the route of Oswald's transformation or else he wouĺd be shot but they didn't listen to him and he did end up dieing.…

Have you ever wondered if John F. Kennedy’s assassination was just or unjust? JFK the 35th president of the United States was assassinated by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was just because….he opposed “The March on Washington” and shared a mistress with a notorious mafia leader. However some believed he was a good president just because he was a kind person. But, research shows JFK caused a national disaster his first year in office called the “Bay of Pigs…

loving wife and children this was not only a honor and respect, he is a man with a large target on his back. In the november of nineteen sixty one, the nation felt the pain of the assassination by a man that is now dead but is still under research. Lee Harvey Oswald was an employee at a school book depository located in the same rout (that was changed with no explanation why) as president Kennedy when he was assassinated in that warm november afternoon. At the time…

assassinated and second the assassination took place in Dallas Texas. The rest has been up for debate for over 50 years. In 1964, one year after the president’s death the Warren Report concluded that there had been a lone shooter. One individual, Lee Harvey Oswald, killed President Kennedy. The Report also concluded that Oswald acted alone and was not part of a conspiracy. However, in 1978 the House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations declared that in addition to Oswald there…

On the day of November 22, 1963, a trigger was pulled by Lee Harvey Oswald and bullets striking 35th President John F. Kennedy in the back of the neck and head at approximately 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas. Little could be done for Kennedy but was rushed to the Parkland Memorial Hospital by his secret service and others including his wife Nellie who was sitting right next to him. Thirty minutes later President John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1:00 p.m. Kennedy sadly left the nation serving…