Marguerite had a hard time dealing with the death of Lee's Father, which left her all alone to raise Lee and his two brothers, Robert Oswald and John Pic, a son from her first marriage (Beck 71). Marguerite checked Robert and John into an orphanage so that she could find work for her family. ... In January of 1950, John Pic left home to join the Coast Guard. Soon after, Robert also left home to join the Marines, leaving only Lee and his mother (Posner 10). ... Like his brother Robert, Lee also wanted to join the Marines. ...

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Robert Kennedy who was then the US Attorney General help meetings with the governor of Mississippi and finally persuaded him to allow Meredith to enroll into the university. ... It was not until the 1970's that it was revealed that Hoover blocked evidence and the case was reopened resulting in the arrest of Robert Chambill in 1977. ...

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An interlude of three to four seconds pass before the next shot is fired, and in this time, Jackie Kennedy turns to her husband and as the third shot is fired and is propelled forward and to the left. The forth and fatal headshot propels Kennedy backward and to the left as his brain explodes. Backward and to the left. ... Since a lone gunman would not have time to fire twice, the Warren Commission was left with two choices. ...

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A True American Hero In today's society what is wanted or accepted by most people is considered to be "popular culture."" The word popular is thought of as what is accepted by the majority, and the word culture, in relation to what is popular, refers to the people who decide for us what is good or bad. In our text, putting the words popular and culture together is said to be, "the products of human work and thought which are (or have been) accepted and approved of by a large community or population- (Nachbar and Lause 14). After researching popular culture I...

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In addition, "since the paraffin test taken of the right side of his face did not reveal nitrates and no test was taken of the left side, these results offered no evidence of his having fired a rifle or a carbine" (Fetzer 368). ... The first shot was a "magic bullet," which left a total of seven wounds on JFK and Texas Governor Connally. ... However, Kennedy's head was pushed back and to the left when this bullet hit. ... Robert Hughes captured movement from the sixth floor corner window of the Book Depository and the window next to it (Belzer 17). ...

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The loss of his brothers, left him feeling powerless, it could be for this reason that Richard Nixon always demanded absolute power and ruled beyond the knowledge of most Americans. ... The Nixon's would suffer financially for years after, forcing Francis Nixon to work two jobs and his wife Hannah to work as well.( ) Richard was left to fend for himself most of the time, but managed to excel in public school. ...

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It was generally believed that the assassination of President Kennedy on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas Texas was the action of the one alleged assassinator, Lee Harvey Oswald. However there appears to be sufficient evidence to suggest that Lee Harvey Oswald was in fact a scapegoat hiding the ...

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