Oral+History-+Research

Oral History Research  **John Fitzgerald Kennedy Assassination**   **﻿﻿Context  **
 * it was the peak of the cold war
 * the Cuban missile crisis ended
 * the civil rights movement was gaining momentum
 * Vietnam was a simmering problem

**Assassination**
 * JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963
 * At about 12:30pm JFK was assassinated
 * JFK was assassinated in Dallas in the Dealey Plaza
 * JFK was shot in the head and in the shoulder and another bullet hit John Connally in the back
 * JFK was taken to the Parkland Hospital
 * JFK was taken back to Washington on Air Force One with his wife Jackie Kennedy
 * He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on November 25, 1963

**Aftermath**
 * It is still a mystery who killed John F Kennedy
 * a lady nicknamed the babushka lady by the public witnessed the assassination and then disappeared right after the assassination
 * the FBI began looking for suspects and one of the suspects was actually the babushka lady but they weren't able to interrogate her because of her disappearance
 * Lyndon Johnson became president

**Bibliography** > Nov. 2009. Web. 29 May 2011. . > > > Web. 29 May 2011. . >
 * "The JFK Assassination." //Mary Ferrell Foundation//. Mary Ferrell Foundation, 30
 * "The Assassination of John F. Kennedy." //Spartacus Educational//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2011. .
 * Giamarco, David. "The JFK Assassination." //The JFK Assassination//. N.p., 1998.