Harvey Pekar

Along with the CIA and Cuba, the next most well known theory is that the Mafia and Bobby Kennedy with Jack Ruby had something to do with the killing of the 35th President of the United States. The basic understanding of why this might have happened actually has to do with the election. JFK told the Chicago Mafia that if they got people to vote for him he would leave them alone. This happened, but Bobby Kennedy really pushed to get rid of organized crime (Thomas 14-17). When this started to…

John F. Kennedy once said,” If somebody wants to shoot me from a window with a rifle, nobody can stop them, so why worry about going to Dallas. Little did he know that he had predicted his own death. There were three phases to his assassination, arriving in Dallas. When the assassination actually happened. Also when the funeral and the aftermath services of his death. Of course, John F. Kennedy(also known as JFK) was in Dallas to get more presidential votes for the 1964 presidential race, which…

Lee Harvey Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald was born, October 18, 1939, New Orleans, LA. Early life Lee Harvey Oswald was born on October 18, 1939, New Orleans, LA. His father died 2 months after he was born and so he never had a father. Marguerite Oswald sent Lee and his two older brothers, to live in an orphanage he then started to be in detention hall for being very emotional attached. President John F Kennedy Killed In the afternoon of November 22, 1963, around the time of President John F.…

President Kennedy’s Assassination On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy paraded through downtown Dallas, Texas, in a motorcade. He was shot and killed in his convertible as many watched helplessly in the crowd. The car rushed to Parkland Hospital, just a few miles away. Doctors tried valiantly to save him. But they couldn't. Within hours, the body was flown in Air Force One to the Navy Medical Center in Washington D.C. Americans mourned for their president John F. Kennedy.…

"KA-POW! I turned and looked. He had been knocked from the railing back onto the floor. Blood was everywhere." Says Dr. Samuel Kyles, a civil rights activist who was with Martin Luther King Jr. when he was assassinated. On April 4, 1968 just after 6 pm Martin Luther King Jr. was shot by James Earl Ray. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was a tragic event that would be remembered for many years to come. Before the Shooting It was April 4th 1968, King was staying at the…

Rhetorical Analysis of “Remark on the Assassination of MLK JR On April 4, 1968, an American Politician named Robert F. Kennedy gave an important speech to the United States about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Indianapolis, IN to try to convince the people to not become violent, feel hatred, and get revenge over his assassin especially the black people, who wanted revenge over the white man that killed Martin Luther King, Jame Earl Ray. In this speech politician Kennedy…

Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President to John F. Kennedy in the 1960 campaign. When Kennedy was assassinated, on November 22, 1963, Johnson was sworn in as the 36th United States President. Johnson went into office as a Texan who had served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and had a vision that took action as he launched what he called a “Great Society” for all Americans. Regardless of his impressive domestic achievements Johnson’s legacy was equally…

Yesterday night, a Navy Seal raid in Pakistan began with one goal, find Bin Laden. As the seal team reached the compound Osama supposedly in, they discovered that there was some defense on the building. According to CNN.com, the compound was surrounded by 12-18 foot walls that had barbed surrounding the top and had two security gates. Once the Navy Seals entered the compound, they searched the building. Ex-Navy Seal Rob O’Neill was the man that shot and killed Osama Bin Laden that night.…

of evidence from the car immediately (Russell 3). A lady who was taking pictures of the motorcade had the Texas School Book Depository in the frame. The Secret Service confiscated the film and never publically released it. This could be because Lee Harvey Oswald was not the person in the sixth floor window (Russel 4). Jack Ruby was a well-known man in the crime world of Dallas and Chicago, and it is quite possible that he…

in Brooklyn, Massachusetts. An interesting about him was that he had joined the navy and received a purple heart for his actions as a lieutenant. Just 3 short years after his presidency John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald who opened fire on the motorcade as it passed the Texas School Book Depository. I chose this topic Because it caused a huge impact on most people’s lives of all ages i didn’t want to be in this just to witness the murder or be the one…