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    Ruby Bridges was a woman full of immense bravery and was the first black child to attend an all white elementary school. In the 1960s schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants and more were segregated. There were different places for different races and if you disobeyed the law it was a punishable offence. First and foremost, “Ruby Bridges will be forever remembered as the tiniest foot soldier in the civil rights movement, chosen at just 6 years old, to be the first black child to…

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    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.…

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    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…

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    Jfk was the 35th President of the United States Of America. He served From January 1961 until November 1963. John F. Kennedy was shot and killed November 22, 1963 as he rode in his motorcade throughDealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. The public of John F. Kennedy was accomplished by Lee Harvey Oswald. There are also other conspiracies that he was killed by a three man mafia and the CIA “firing squad.” Although John F. Kennedy had some good ideas and plans, he was far from being flawless in…

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    When Ruby was about 2 her family had to move because her parents sought new work opportunities. She moved from Tylertown, Mississippi to New Orleans where she entered a segregated kindergarten. By Ruby entering William Frantz elementary school she provided hope for a change in the future. Within the article Young and Brave: girls changing history one is shown how Ruby was able to enter the school: the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in 1954, the year that Ruby was born, that all…

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    It was Thursday November 21st,1963 John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy were saying goodbye to their son John and their daughter Caroline in the White House not knowing that one of them would not come back home alive. Then they were on their way to the airport to get on air force one airplane to go to Texas for a meeting with the governor. When they get to Texas they are greeted with people of all ages young and old and get flowers and people want handshakes. Although there are other people…

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    What Is Jfk Assassination

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    put kennedy in the sight of the scope, or that's what the government thinks. Later when Oswald was taken to the most high security prison in the world, a man stepped in front of oswald and shot him in the head, this man's name was Jack Ruby. People thought Ruby and Oswald were a part of a bigger group, because how could one man plan to take out the president by himself. 3 months before JFK’s assassination Oswald had tried to kill a retired military general but I forgot his name. Oswald was…

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    “The sixth and fatal shot…takes Kennedy in the head from the front. This is the key shot. The president going back to his left. Shot from the front and right. Totally inconsistent with the shot from the depository. Again... back and to the left...” (Stone). If John F. Kennedy’s body went “back and to the left”, did the fatal shot come from the book depository or the grassy knoll? If not, why did his body go backward? The conspiracist, Jack Duffy, believes that Lee H. Oswald could not have…

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    November 22, 1963, was a tragic day for many Americans regarding the death of President John F. Kennedy. The day started off in Dallas, Texas as his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaigning to start. The day was going on smoothly and then began to get in his car for the ride around to wave to the people of America. Well, turning on Dealey Plaza is where things went wrong. Turning down the street, waving, the sounds of people cheering, then bang, there is a gun…

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    Pratchett - Thinking, Impulses, Actions, and Consequences In the book Jingo written by Terry Pratchett, Pratchett uses characters to provide insight on issues in society, more specially how Kennedy’s assassination relates to issues in society. The main commentary that Jingo makes is an insight on problem solving. The majority of the time solving problems people jump to conclusions and have naive opinions. This can lead to reckless and negligent fighting. Often times people have hindsight of…

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