November 22, 1963 - John F. Kennedy - a podcast by Stephen Hammond

President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas. On November 22, 1963, United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Texas Governor John Connally, riding in the same open car, was also struck by one of the bullets, but he survived. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for killing Kennedy, but two days later, on live television, Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald. There have been many theories, conspiracy and otherwise, about the reason for Kennedy’s assassination. Ruby’s links to organized crime and the difficulty believing Oswald could be the sole shooter added to various theories. Another premise is that certain people wanted Kennedy killed due to his support of civil rights legislation. At the time of his death, Kennedy was trying to pass the Civil Rights Act, but it took a conservative Democrat – Lyndon B. Johnson – to stickhandle its passage through Congress. Vice President Johnson, who was in the Dallas procession but riding in a different car, was sworn in as president moments after Kennedy’s death was confirmed. Shortly after Kennedy’s death, Johnson encouraged Congress to pass the act as a monument to Kennedy.

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