Harvey Pekar

In order for Oswald to have assassinated JFK with a “6.5 mm Carcano model 91/38 carbine,”1. rifle, he would have first had to have fired the aforementioned rifle on the day of the assassination; Lee Harvey Oswald’s paraffin test showed no such evidence of him having fired a gun that day. At the time of Oswald’s questioning, W. E. Barnes of the Dallas Police Department subjected him to a paraffin test, where warm paraffin wax was applied to Oswald’s hands and right cheek and was allowed to cool…

JFK is an Oliver Stone’s drama that displays the investigation into the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Jim Garrison, the New Orleans district attorney, leads the investigations. JFK is considered as one of the most controversial films that have ever been produced. There are complaints that the film mixes fact and fiction at the same time. The main controversy in the movie is on the topic and its treatment (Raskin 498). The misuse of history is portrayed based on two main…

Have you ever wonder what was the reason of the assassination of John F. Kennedy? He was the president of the United States. John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was unjust because he was a war hero and he fought to end segregation; however some people believe that The Cuban Missile Crisis was his fault. The citizens of the United…

the president had died, although I have repeatedly watched Walter Cronkite deliver the news. Baby Boomers and the Greatest Generation carry that moment of history deep in their gut. And the shock of the assassination, the mystery and violence of Lee Harvey Oswald shot by Jack Ruby, and the grief-filled pageantry of the coffin drawn through the streets of Washington, D.C. continue to haunt our country on this day. As someone who has lived my entire life as an American with only a vague ghost of…

President John F. Kennedy’s Assassination Oswald was the lone assassin that shot and killed president John F. Kennedy. Oswald also had a fake identification and pretended his name was “Alex Hidell” so that his real identification was classified. He was a part of the CIA before he had shot President Kennedy, and some of the CIA won’t let out some paperwork of the assassination. Who knows maybe the CIA wanted to kill the president. People also don't think that Oswald was the lone assassin…

11-22-63 by stephen king is a sci fi look into history, exploring what could have happened on that tragic day, when our 35th president of the united states was assassinated by lee harvey oswald. our story begins with jake, who has just 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…

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.…

The JFK assassination was a terrible event in history and there are many sides to this event. These were the magic bullet, single bullet, and grassy knoll theories. The many conspiracies of JFK’s assassination still impact the controversy today. His life before congress was very interesting with all of the great schools he has been to. JFK is very smart and has attended a couple of really good schools in his past. Earlier in life JFK enrolls in princeton university, but later drops out due…

In November 22 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated; two bullets got him, one in the head and another in the neck. Lee Harvey Oswald was the main suspect for the assassination and a commission to investigate the matter concluded that Oswald was acting alone. However, two days after the assassination, a night club owner, Jack Ruby, shot dead Oswald on live television. Killing the main suspect only meant one thing; that the death of the key suspect denied Americans a fair criminal…

I. Intro + Thesis The sweltering, stiff leather of the seat. The exuberant cheering of the crowd. The patriotic flags waving in the gentle breeze. The beads of sweat slowly dripping down his face. The metal pipe protruded from the window. Bang. The screams of terror from the crowd. The bullet in his head. America was in shock and grieving at the loss of their beloved president; people were lost and had no idea what to do. II. How did the news of JFK’s assassination affect different people…