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Who
Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
An investigative look at the life of the man accused of killing President
Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald.
-- From PBS' Frontline
'It
All Began so Beautifully'
Lady Bird Johnson's
account of the day President Kennedy died.
--
From PBS' Lady Bird
A
Firsthand Account
Former Texas First
Lady Nellie Conally, who was in President Kennedy's motorcade, recalls
the day of the assassination.
--
From KLRU, Austin
The
Zapruder Tape
The amateur video tape of the shooting of President Kennedy, taken by
Abraham Zapruder, is made available for public sale.
-- From The NewsHour
The
Warren Commission
National
Archives' records on the Warren Commission, assigned by President Johnson
to investigate the death of President Kennedy.
-- From
the National Archives
The
Texas Book Depository
The
sixth floor of the Texas Book Depository, where Lee Harvey Oswald is
believed to have fired his fatal shots at the president, is now a museum.
--
From The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
LBJ's
Daily Diary
A
collection of the notes and observations of President Johnson's closest
assistants in the days following President Kennedy's death.
--
From the LBJ Library
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The
First Presidential Debate
Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator Kennedy met in Chicago in 1960
for the very first televised debate of a presidential campaign.
-- From The NewsHour
The
35th President
An in-depth examination of the life, career and politics of President
Kennedy.
-- From PBS' American Experience
'He
Did Not Wait His Turn'
As part of a study of presidential leadership, author and journalist
Richard Reeves reflects on President Kennedy's character.
-- From The NewsHour
Perspectives
on the Kennedy White House
Harvard University roundtable on the Kennedy presidency, including video
clips of some of the president's speeches.
--
From WGBH, Boston
The
Inaugural Address
Listen to audio of President Kennedy's celebrated 1961 inaugural address
or read a transcript of the speech.
--
From the JFK Library
The
'Freedom Doctrine' Speech
Audio of President Kennedy's 'freedom doctrine' speech, which outlined
his views on foreign policy in the face of the Cold War.
--
From WGBH, Boston
The
President Calling
Learn
more about the famed White House tapes of the secretly recorded phone
conversations of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.
--
From American Radioworks
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The
Kennedy Family
A complete look at the story of the Kennedys, America's most famous
political family.
--
From PBS' American Experience
The
Life of Bobby Kennedy
The
author of a biography on Robert Kennedy discusses his political life
and role in the Kennedy family network.
--
From The NewsHour
Tragedy
Strikes John Jr.
Historians
reflect on the 1999 death of President Kennedy's only son, John F. Kennedy
Jr., in a plane crash.
--
From The NewsHour
Hidden
Health Ailments
A
physician discusses the health ailments detailed in recently released
medical records that plagued President Kennedy throughout his life.
--
From The NewsHour
A
Family Cursed?
With
the untimely death of Michael Kennedy, historians discuss the string
of tragedies that have struck the Kennedy family.
--
From The NewsHour
Jacqueline
Kennedy: The White House Years
A
special 2001 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explored the
influence and style of one of America's most well known first ladies.
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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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JFK:
Breaking the News
What was it like to cover the news that the president had been assassinated?
"JFK:
Breaking the News" examines the media's coverage of the event from
the perspective of local news reporters and looks at how television
has emerged as the nation's primary source of breaking news information.
-- From KERA, Dallas
Extended
Interviews
Read the full transcripts
of interviews with three newsmen who covered the Kennedy assassination
and how their roles as part of the local media added to their coverage
of the story.
 Jim
Lehrer: Former newspaper reporter for the Dallas Times
Herald.
Bob
Schieffer: Former newspaper reporter for the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram.
Eddie
Barker: Former news director for the local Dallas CBS affiliates,
KRLD radio and television.
The
View from Washington
Mike Mosettig, a
NewsHour senior producer, recalls his experiences covering the assassination
of President Kennedy as a young reporter in Washington, D.C.
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From The Online NewsHour
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