Sep 23 Dallas artist creates rainbows with 60 miles of thread By Alison Jardine, KERA Dallas artist Gabriel Dawe makes physically imposing and yet nebulous sculpture of thread stretched between points on the ceiling and points on the floor. He creates a multifaceted geometric shape, the color changing like a rainbow as the viewer’s eye… Continue reading
Jun 24 Remembering ‘Freedom Summer,’ the civil rights effort that changed America 50 years ago By Lyndsay Knecht, KERA Fifty years ago this summer, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. But that didn’t come without a price. It was the era of the Freedom Summer, a brave and bloody campaign to get blacks registered… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch JFK’s life, legacy and leadership honored on 50th anniversary of his final day JFK's life, legacy and leadership honored on 50th anniversary of his final day… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 17:33 MacNeil and Lehrer remember the shock, special sorrow of JFK’s assassination On Nov. 22, 1963, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer were young reporters both covering President John F. Kennedy's visit to Texas. The NewsHour's founders share with Judy Woodruff their indelible memories of JFK's assassination as they recount their feelings of… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Covering JFK: Conspiracy or not? In 1976, the House of Representatives created the Select Committee on Assassinations to further investigate Kennedy’s shooting. In 1979, it reported the assassination was likely the result of a conspiracy. But after years of news coverage and investigations, NewsHour co-founders… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Covering JFK: How presidential security has changed Covering JFK: How presidential security has changed since 1963… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Covering JFK: A nation grieves the loss of Kennedy Covering JFK: A nation grieves the loss of the 35th U.S. president… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Covering JFK: Confirming Kennedy’s death Covering JFK: Confirming Kennedy’s death… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Covering JFK: The president has been shot Covering JFK: The president has been shot… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Covering JFK: Gunshots ring in Dealey Plaza Covering JFK: Gunshots ring in Dealey Plaza… Continue watching