JFK Assassination

When president John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, the nation was shocked. JFK was a highly thought of president and his death brought many mixed emotions. The assassination of JFK is perhaps the most controversial case in American history. Many find it hard to believe that a lone gunman killed President Kennedy. Most believe that there was a conspiracy and that there is more to the story that what the government would like the public to know. Almost immediately following the assassination, numerous theories surfaced which contradicted the official government version of the case: that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing the president (Lifton). Although some are farfetched, many of these theories have valid arguments which cannot be ignored. Even though the incident took place four decades ago, the fascination with the assassination has not dwindled one bit. To even attempt to understand why there has been so much controversy concerning JFK’s as...