Ruby slippers

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…

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…

Case name: Rankin v. McPherson, 483 U.S. 378 (1987) Facts: Ardith McPherson was appointed a deputy in the Constable’s office of Harris County, Texas, on January 12, 1981. Her duties were only clerical. On March 30, 1981, McPherson discussed with her boyfriend, and fellow employee, a report about an attempt to assassinate the President of the United States. She made the remark “If they go for him again, I hope they get him”. Her remark was reported to Constable Rankin, who fired McPherson, even…

text a man saw two men, one a railroad worker, and one that looked like a person in a police outfit, and the FBI told that man who saw what was happening to keep quiet about this. My other piece of evidence proves he was not the lone assassin because Ruby had a connection with the police and with Oswald, so that means they were up to something. Oswald was a part of a larger…

The assassination of John F. Kennedy was November 22, 1963. He was in a parade in Dallas, TexasX. He was there to get support for Democratic Party before the 1964 election. He was riding in a car that had three rows of seats and was a convertible. His wife, Jackie Kennedy, was sitting right next to him. John F. Kennedy was shot at three times. The first one missed and the second one hit his neck and the third one finally hit him in the head. Also the second shot hit the guy in front of…

John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November twenty-second, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald may have pulled the trigger, but he did not act alone in the carrying out of JFK´s murder, JFK´s death very much affected the nation.Lyndon Baines Johnson was the mastermind behind this malicious plot, Malcolm Wallace, and Lee Harvey Oswald had been puppets, that could be manipulated. Lyndon Baines Johnson, with the assistance of Lee Harvey Oswald, and Malcolm Wallace had Kennedy assassinated. The year…

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Assassination November 22, 1963 is a day carved into many Americans memory. This day will never be forgotten by most American citizens. This was the day John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was assassinated. JFK’s assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald and he acted alone in this assassination. Lee Harvey Oswald was one man with a grudge and a gun. It is reported that Oswald fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository (Ziegler). The shot that fatally…

Who Killed John F. Kennedy? In 1963, the president of the United States, was brutally murdered by being shot while in a motorcade driving down Elm Street in Dallas, Texas as he was campaigning to be re-elected. The FBI says that Lee Harvey Oswald, a U.S. Marine, fired off 3 shots at the car in which the president was riding in the back of the with his wife, the Governor of Texas, John Connally and his wife also. As the vehicle with the Kennedys and Connallys drove past the Texas School Book…

The Art of Killing, a documentary about the Indonesian killings of 1965-66, is a raw and terrifying film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. This bone chilling feature delves deep into the failed coup in Indonesia that resulted in the death of over a million Indonesians at the hands of a ruthless gangster in an anti-communist cull. These gangsters for the large part have escaped prosecution and are even considered local heroes by some. The documentary provides a platform in which viewers are able to…

chronology of the events of the assassination, including the arrest and shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald Kennedy died on November 22, 1963. He was assassinated in Dallas Texas, and was in the Dealey Plaza area. Kennedy had been speaking at many different states, and wanted to win the reelection. "As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza."(jfk.library.org) The time was about 12:30 in the evening, and many people were in the crowds where he was…