Menu
Idea

assassination of John F. Kennedy

56
Filter by:

Filter by published date

Viewing 31–56 of 56 results. Go to first page
The door and interior tunnel of the Nantucket fallout shelter.

Inside JFK's Secret Doomsday Bunker

The president's Nantucket nuclear fallout shelter could become a National Historic Landmark—but efforts to preserve its history have stalled.
by Jenn Morson via Smithsonian on February 6, 2023
Black-and-white collage style poster for the Jewish Museum

Fuzz! Junk! Rumble!

A show at the Jewish Museum surveys three eventful years of art, film, and performance in New York City—and the political upheavals that defined them.
by J. Hoberman via New York Review of Books on October 10, 2022
Seized guns on a table in front of a police press conference.
partner

Gun Capitalism — Not ‘Ghost Guns’ or Other Trends — Is to Blame for Gun Violence

There are more than 400 million guns in Americans' hands.
by Andrew C. McKevitt via Made By History on December 5, 2021
Sketch of Maxie Shackelford looking tough.

Confessions of a Loan Shark

One of the last survivors of Boston’s Gangland War of the 1960s opens up about his notorious past.
by Springs Toledo via City Journal on October 7, 2021
Graphic of Earth surrounded by red and white squiggles

What Is the Most Damaging Conspiracy Theory in History?

"What makes this conspiracy theory so damaging is its adaptability."
by Christine Caldwell Ames, David G. Robertson, Daniel Kolitz, Jennifer Rice, Joseph Parent, Sara Lipton, Peter Knight via Gizmodo on July 12, 2021
Hundreds of people watch RFK's funeral train pass by.

Inside RFK's Funeral Train: How His Final Journey Helped a Nation Grieve

The New York-to-Washington train had 21 cars, 700 passengers—and millions of trackside mourners.
by Steven M. Gillon via HISTORY on June 7, 2021
John F. Kennedy at his graduation from Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940

Ending the Kennedy Romance

The first volume of Frederik Logevall’s biography of JFK reveals the scope of his ambition and the weakness of his political commitments.
by Michael Kazin via New York Review of Books on May 7, 2021
A man holding a gun in a gun shop.
partner

The Gun-Control Effort That Almost Stopped Our Addiction to ‘Weapons of War’

The 1968 Gun Control Act had the right idea — but it came too late.
by Andrew C. McKevitt via Made By History on April 27, 2021
Lady Bird Johnson looking through stack of papers at a desk

The Lost Story of Lady Bird

Why do most chroniclers of LBJ’s presidency miss the centrality and influence of the first lady?
by Julia E. Sweig via The Atlantic on March 15, 2021
John F. Kennedy giving a speech.

Shamalot

Jack Kennedy, we hardly know ye—and to know ye is not to love ye.
by P. J. O'Rourke via Commentary on November 18, 2020
Malcolm X

The Day Malcolm X Was Killed

At the height of his powers, the Black Nationalist leader was assassinated, and the government botched the investigation of his murder.
by Les Payne via The New Yorker on August 27, 2020
Legislators at the podium during a joint session of congress to tally presidential electoral votes in 1969.

How the Electoral College Was Nearly Abolished in 1970

The House approved a constitutional amendment to dismantle the indirect voting system, but it was killed in the Senate by a filibuster.
by Dave Roos via HISTORY on August 3, 2020

RIP Fred Hampton: a Black Visionary Assassinated by the FBI

Fifty years ago this week, a squad of Chicago police officers killed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.
by Jefferson Morley via CounterPunch on December 4, 2019

Dead Kennedys in the West: The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

The new punk generation made the hippies look past their prime.
by Lincoln A. Mitchell via Literary Hub on October 22, 2019

Odetta Holmes’ Album One Grain of Sand

Odetta’s artistry was a weapon in the Civil Rights struggle, and was crucial to the era’s politics.
by Matthew Frye Jacobson via Longreads on May 22, 2019

The Most Important Album of 1968 Wasn’t The White Album. It Was Beggars Banquet.

It saved the Rolling Stones, altered the trajectory of music history, and turns 50 this week.
by Jack Hamilton via Slate on December 6, 2018
Malcolm X.

The Missing Malcolm X

Our understanding of Malcolm X is inextricably linked to his autobiography, but newly discovered materials force us to reexamine his legacy.
by Garrett Felber via Boston Review on November 28, 2018
Protesters with KKK hoods and Goldwater signs.
partner

How the Right Became Addicted to Conspiracies

The conservative conspiracy lit that paved the way for Donald Trump.
by Nicole Hemmer via Made By History on July 18, 2018
Elizabeth Eckford is harassed by classmates and parents as she tries to enter Little Rock High School.

The Defiant Ones

As young girls, they fought the fierce battle to integrate America’s schools half a century ago.
by Amy Crawford via Smithsonian on June 1, 2018

RFK, in Arthur Schlesinger’s Words

On the 50th anniversary of RFK's death, a glimpse inside one of his closest relationships.
by David Margolick via New York Review of Books on May 31, 2018

Is Technology Bringing History to Life or Distorting It?

History is coming to life, and scholars are debating the merits of this wave of re-creation and manipulation.
by Steve Hendrix via Retropolis on May 10, 2018

80 Days That Changed America

Fifty years later, Bobby Kennedy’s passionate, inspiring, and tragic presidential campaign still fascinates.
by Joan Walsh via The Nation on April 23, 2018
family Thanksgiving meal

The Dark and Divisive History of America’s Thanksgiving Hymn

How a beloved song with origins in 16th-century Europe captures both a holiday's spirit of unity and a country's legacy of exclusion.
by Neil J. Young via The Atlantic on November 23, 2017
partner

Even in the 1960s, the NRA Dominated Gun Control Debates

Lyndon Johnson wanted sweeping new gun control laws. Instead he got crumbs.
by Kyle Longley via Made By History on October 5, 2017

How Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Won the 1964 New Hampshire Primary Without Lifting a Finger

Lodge's victory in the 1964 New Hampshire primary is a fascinating testament to the power of whim in American elections.
by Seth Gannon via Slate on February 8, 2016
Photograph of Boston Corbett

The Insane Story of the Guy Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln

Meet Boston Corbett, the self-castrated hatmaker who was John Wilkes Booth's Jack Ruby.
by Bill Jensen via Washingtonian on April 13, 2015

Filter Results:

Suggested Filters:

Idea

Person

brought to you by
© Bunk History