John F. Kennedy's Assassination

Title:
John F. Kennedy's Assassination
Years:
1963
Description:
On November 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in a presidential motorcade. Shortly after the shooting, Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended and charged with the president's murder. Kennedy's assassination threatened to slow the growing momentum of the Civil Rights movement. While the first years of his presidency were largely overshadowed by the Cold War, President Kennedy publicly committed his administration to the cause of racial equality in the summer of 1963 when he proposed a Civil Rights bill to Congress and offered his endorsement to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Kennedy's successor, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964.
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

16 items in 6 collections (expand all)

Hate Knows No Direction

Creator:
McGill, Ralph
Date of Original:
1963-12-14
Collection:
James W. Silver Collection
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Mississippi Notebook: Governor Spoke For Mississippians

Creator:
Ethridge, Tom
Date of Original:
1963-11-25
Collection:
James W. Silver Collection
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Ralph Yarborough's Washington Report, 28th General Newsletter, December 16, 1963

Creator:
Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996
Date of Original:
1963-12-16
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

[Draft of "They have killed my president!"]

Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Date of Original:
1930/1987
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

[Draft of "They have killed my president!"]

Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Date of Original:
1930/1987
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

[Letter from John J. Herrera to J. Carlos McCormick - 1963-11-29]

Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Date of Original:
1963-11-29
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

[Letter from John J. Herrera to John B. Connally - 1964-01-11]

Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Date of Original:
1964-01-11
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

[Letter from John J. Herrera to John B. Connally - 1964-01-11]

Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Date of Original:
1964-01-11
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries
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Oral History Interview with Mary Arms, July 29, 2007, part III

Creator:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date of Original:
2007-07-29
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Golda Meir Library. Special Collections

Boy holds November 22, 1963 issue of Columbia Record

Creator:
Tutte, Vic
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1963-11-23
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

Dr. Daniel Hollis reading about the funeral for President John F. Kennedy

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Roberts, Maxie
Date of Original:
1964-01-04
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library