Answer to Question #303541 in History for Margaret

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What implications might John F. Kennedy's assassination theory have for the present and the future?

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Peniel Joseph.(November 21,2018)

JFK’S death wasn’t just an end-it was also a crucial beginning

The 35^th President of the United States of America, John F. Kennedy was killed by gunshots on November 22, 1963 as witnessed by the households in Dallas, Texas. He was a big advocate of Civil Rights in the states, an action that earned him so many enemies. After his assassination so many theories came up and continue to come up all trying to explain his demise. However many theories seem to believe he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald who was the major suspect and it is believed he wasn’t working alone. It is after this event that the American politics took a new turn and compromised democracy with violence and racism.

           The death of President Kennedy steered a national unity and opened a new political atmosphere for the then incoming president Lyndon Johnson. The new atmosphere pioneered resurrection of the Kennedy Civil Rights and also voting rights regulation in 1964-1965.Even up to date this Rights are a major issue and keep on being revisited again and again.

           Out of the political field the assassination also affected the Eisenhower years (34^th President), a tenure which was characterized by economic boost and cultural justification. When President Kennedy came in especially during his final days, he was a big fan of embracing liberation of the American future. Today this liberation issue is still being discussed especially the conflicts between black Americans and whites trying to live in a peaceful environment as it can be portrayed by the famous recent phrase “Black Lives Matter”

           Still on liberation President Kennedy always supported black citizenship as he believed all people played an equal economic input centrally to his predecessors. He even addressed the nation on racial justice. He is quoted saying “A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all” .His death ended his fight for civil rights. A decade later Eisenhower’s vice President, Richard Nixon became the president and promised to bring a peaceful era manned by law and order, one that would kick away social unrest. He believed that racial justice could not be stopped by police power. This is a big topic of discussion as witnessed recently by the police brutality on black man Floyd Mayweather and seems not to stop any time soon.

           Nixon’s era in support of President Kennedy’s liberation opened up other social topics such as protests by back women, poor people, gays and lesbians all who wanted to be accepted.

This has been an issue and it continues to grow in many nations today. Gays and lesbians have had their grievances heard, forcing new laws granting them freedom in the USA. Several other countries are considering allowing the practices under their laws.

           Kennedy’s death is only but a start of America’s second liberation, whereby new freedoms in many aspects are being introduced in support of the marginalized citizens. He left us with belief that we can be standstill and future oriented as himself was.