Famous assassinations of the 60s
On November 22, 1963, the youth and idealism of America in the 1960s faltered as its young President, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Two days later, Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby during a prisoner transfer.After researching all the available evidence about Kennedy’s assassination, the Warren Commission officially ruled in 1964 that Oswald acted alone; a point still greatly contested by conspiracy theorists worldwide.
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. King was immediately taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. Violence and controversy followed. In outrage of the murder, many blacks took to the streets across the United States in a massive wave of riots.
Malcolm X evolved from smalltime hoodlum and convict to one of the most powerful civil rights leaders in the history of the United States. His broadening approach grew from black nationalism, militancy, and The Nation of Islam, to include a wider scope of brotherhood, inclusion, justice, peace and equality. Malcolm X was only 39 when he was killed. It is not surprising that Malcolm’s move toward a more inclusive revolutionary movement made him an increasingly important target of state forces such as the FBI and CIA. There is also glaring evidence that such forces were involved in his assassination.
Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination is greatly overshadowed by his brother John’s in the American consciousness.
But the inconsistencies in the official account of the RFK case are just as well-documented, damning, and thoroughly covered up. The evidence, when looked at objectively and with an open mind, points to a wider conspiracy and cover-up by forces including the U.S. government and LAPD.