This week marks the 55th anniversary of the assassination of former New York U.S. senator and 1968 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy (11.20.1925–06.06.1968). His assassination occurred just after winning the 1968 California Democratic presidential primary.
Next week marks the 30-year anniversary of the death of former Texas governor and U.S. treasury secretary John Connally (02.27.1917–06.15.1993). He was riding in the car with then-first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and John Kennedy when the 35th U.S. president was assassinated [Friday,] November 22, 1963 in Dallas.
This past April marked the 55-year anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (01.15.1929–04.04.1968) in Memphis, Tennessee.
This September will mark the 30-year anniversary of the death—more than 25 years following an attempted assassination on his life—of former presidential candidate and four-term Alabama governor George Wallace (08.25.1919–09.13.1998).
These persons—the Kennedy brothers, King, and Wallace—are given focus in an interesting 1975 report from CBS News, as part of its then-CBS Inquiry, which was hosted by Dan Rather. The above videos were published two years ago to YouTube by Hezakya Newz & Films. They are under the titles The American Assassins. They are available in four parts. (Two parts per video.) The running time for each of the videos are just under two hours. (They have commercials.)
I considered waiting until November for particularly the first video on JFK. But, I wanted to make sure I could include them now in case anything happens which may make those videos, by then, become no longer available. I may come up with a related topic the week of [Monday,] November 20, 2023.
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