JFK Assassination Series Highlights Continuing Education Fall Line Up
Posted on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, fatally wounding the 35th President of the United States. Now, 53 years later, students at Algonquin College’s Waterfront Campus in Pembroke will have an opportunity to delve deeper into the circumstances of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Through a partnership with the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, the College will be offering four live webinars that will cover topics relevant to the aftermath of the most investigated murder in North American history. The classes will originate from the crime scene where Lee Harvey Oswald, a general labourer at the former Texas School Book Depository building, leaned out of a sixth floor window, took aim and fired at the President’s motorcade. Two of the shots hit the President, the last one delivering a fatal blow.
Within a few hours, police had arrested Oswald, charging him with the murder of the President and Dallas police offer. J.D. Tippit. Swarmed by reporters, the Dallas police struggled to conduct their investigation and respond to the media’s interest in Oswald. Two days after the assassination, Oswald himself was murdered by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby while being transferred to a county jail.
Beginning October 20th and continuing for four consecutive Thursday evenings, staff at the Sixth Floor Museum will facilitate live webinars that will include question and answer sessions covering topics such as, what did Dallas Police find in the first 24 hours of their investigation? There is also a Living History session that will allow students to speak with John Sparks, a high school trumpet player who performed at the President’s breakfast in Fort Worth, Texas, just a few hours before the assassination in Dallas.
Sparks went on to become a long time Dallas and Forth Worth Television producer who always maintained an active interest in the Kennedy assassination and was instrumental in saving some original television footage of the assassination coverage, when it was in danger of being destroyed.
The JFK series will also include a session with museum curator Stephen Fagin who will hold an open forum with students, allowing them to ask questions about the museum, the conspiracy theories that continue to surround the assassination, and President Kennedy’s legacy.
What do you think happened on November 22, 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas? Share your thoughts on this blog.
Registration for the JFK series is now open on the College website and in person by visiting the Waterfront Campus in Pembroke. Space is limited for each of the sessions.
See the full listing of Fall 2016 Night Classes available at Algonquin College’s Waterfront Campus.
Post Script: Algonquin College’s Jamie Bramburger visited the Sixth Floor Museum in July of 2016 and interviewed the Curator of Collections, Lindsey Richardson. Watch the interview here to learn more about the work of the Museum.
Posted by: Jamie Bramburger is the Manager of Community and Student Affairs at Algonquin College’s Waterfront Campus in Pembroke
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