The Kennedy Assassination
Rebalanced America's political party system the hard way?
Why Assassinate a President?
President Kennedy passionately advocated and successfully implemented a progressive civil and voting rights platform. Tragically, his life was prematurely ended by a far-right assassin just three months after the momentous March on Washington in 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King faced a similar tragic fate after the historic passage of the 1965 Voters Rights Act, just before the critical 1968 Election. Additionally, Robert Kennedy, a prominent figure in this era of transformation, was he assassinated to shift the demographics for the 1968 Election?