Inside the Vault: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
by Gilder Lehrman Institute Staff
On the November 4, 2021, Inside the Vault, our curators are joined by Dr. Barbara Perry, the Gerald L. Baliles Professor and director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, and Gilder Lehrman Master Teacher Jermain Corbin, history educator at the Condon K-8 School in South Boston, to discuss three documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy: the ticker tape reporting the assassination from November 22, 1963, President Lyndon Johnson’s proclamation of a national day of mourning, and the speech Kennedy was never able to deliver.
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Featured Documents
- Spotlight on a Primary Source: The assassination of John F. Kennedy, 1963
- Spotlight on a Primary Source: Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims a national day of mourning for JFK, 1963
- We Are...The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom, 1963
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- Why was President Kennedy in Dallas?: 2:32–12:45
- Ticker Tape: 12:45–29:30
- We Are...The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom: 32:28–52:22
- President Johnson’s Proclamation of a National Day of Mourning: 52:25–57:27
Additional Resources
- Video: “JFK Assassination Ticker Tape: Document in a Minute”
- Essay: “The Sixties” by Harvard Sitkoff
- Essay: “John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address” by Michael Nelson
- Book Breaks: Fredrik Logevall discusses his book JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century: 1917–1956