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Jim Leavelle
James Robert Leavelle (August 23, 1920 – August 29, 2019) was a Dallas Police Department homicide detective who, on November 24, 1963, was escorting Lee Harvey Oswald through the basement of Dallas Police headquarters when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby. Leavelle prominently was noted in films and photographs—including one that won a Pulitzer Prize— taken just as Ruby shot Oswald. Early life and military service James R. Leavelle was born and raised in Red River County, Texas. In 1937, Leavelle joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. Following graduation from high school, Leavelle joined the United States Navy in 1939, during World War II and served as a sailor on board the ; he was on board the ship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. In April 1942, the ''Whitney'' left Pearl Harbor and headed for the South Pacific Ocean to support operations there. After being knocked down and seriously injured by a rogue wave, he was evacuated to Oak Knoll N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
''Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald'' is a 1963 photograph of nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy. The image was captured by ''Dallas Times Herald'' photographer Robert H. Jackson and it won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. Jackson began working for the ''Dallas Times Herald'' in 1960. Jackson took the photograph in the basement of the Dallas jail at the exact moment when Lee Harvey Oswald was shot. Another reporter, Jack Beers of ''The Dallas Morning News'', took a similar photo a split-second before Ruby fired the shot. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, the Jackson image also won awards from the Texas Headliners Club and Sigma Delta Chi. In 2019 ''The New York Times'' said the image was "chillingly captured". Photographer Jackson was born on April 8, 1934 and he grew up in Dallas, Texas. He had an interest in photography when he was a boy so his aunt gave him a Kodak Brownie camera. At 14 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its densely populated coastal region includes Greater Los Angeles (the second-most populous urban agglomeration in the United States) and San Diego County (the second-most populous county in California). The region generally contains ten of California's 58 counties: Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles, San Diego County, California, San Diego, Orange County, California, Orange, Riverside County, California, Riverside, San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino, Kern County, California, Kern, Ventura County, California, Ventura, Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis Obispo, and Imperial County, California, Imperial counties. Although geographically smaller than Northern California in land area, Southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigger
In the English language, ''nigger'' is a racial slur directed at black people. Starting in the 1990s, references to ''nigger'' have been increasingly replaced by the euphemistic contraction , notably in cases where ''nigger'' is Use–mention distinction, mentioned but not directly used.Oxford English Dictionary Online, s.v. ''nigger, n. and adj''.; ''neger, n.'' ''and adj''.; ''N-word, n''. In an instance of linguistic reappropriation, the term ''nigger'' is also used casually and fraternally among African Americans, most commonly in the form of ''nigga'', whose spelling reflects the phonology of African-American English. The origin of the word lies with the Latin adjective ''wikt:niger#Latin, niger'' ([ˈnɪɡɛr]), meaning "black". It was initially seen as a relatively neutral term, essentially synonymous with the English word ''negro''. Early attested uses during the Atlantic slave trade (16th–19th century) often conveyed a merely patronizing attitude. The word took on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph McBride (writer)
Joseph McBride (born August 9, 1947) is an American film historian, biographer, screenwriter, author and educator. He has written books on a variety of subjects including notable film directors, screenwriting, the JFK assassination, and a memoir of his youth. He also serves as professor in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State University. Career Early life and career Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, McBride grew up in the suburb of Wauwatosa. He attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and worked as a reporter for the ''Wisconsin State Journal'' in Madison, before moving to California in 1973. Books McBride has published more than 20 books, including biographies of directors Steven Spielberg (''Steven Spielberg: A Biography'', 1997, and published in translation in mainland China in 2012), Frank Capra (''Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success'', 1992), two of John Ford: ''John Ford'' (with Michael Wilmington, 1974) and ''Searching for John Ford)'' (2001) and three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkland Hospital
Parkland often refers to a park. Parkland or Parklands may also refer to: Geography * Aspen parkland, a biome transitional between prairie and boreal forest (taiga) * Landscaped parkland, a managed rural area associated with European country houses Places Australia * Adelaide Park Lands, the figure eight of green space surrounding the Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide, and along both banks of the River Torrens within the City of Adelaide * Parklands, Western Australia * Parklands, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie Canada * Parkland, Calgary, Alberta, a neighborhood in the city of Calgary * Parkland County, a municipal district in Alberta, Canada ** Sturgeon River—Parkland, a federal electoral district in central Alberta ** Parkland (electoral district), a federal electoral district in central Alberta * Parkland Region, a region in Manitoba, Canada United States * Parkland, Florida, a suburban city * Parkland, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Parkland, Louisville, Kentu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garland, Texas
Garland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located within Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County with portions extending into Collin County, Texas, Collin and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. It is located northeast of Dallas and is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. In 2020, it had a population of 246,018, making it the List of United States cities by population, 93rd-most populous city in the United States and the List of cities in Texas by population, 13th-most populous city in Texas. Garland is the third largest city in Dallas County by population and has access to downtown Dallas via public transportation including two Blue Line (DART), DART Blue Line stations and buses. It as known worldwide as the birthplace of Wingstop, which first opened in 1994 and still operates to this day. History Immigrants began arriving in the Peter's Colony, Peters colony area around 1850, but a community was not created until 1874. Two communities sprang up in the area: Emb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Monthly
''Texas Monthly'' (stylized as ''TexasMonthly'') is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, ''Texas Monthly'' chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the Natural environment, environment, Industrial sector, industry, and education. The magazine also covers leisure topics such as music, art, dining, and travel. It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA). After being sold to Emmis Communications, Emmis Publishing, L.P. in 1998, the magazine was later sold to Genesis Park LP in 2016 for $25 million, and is currently owned by Randa Williams . In 2021, ''Texas Monthly'' began expanding into video production through its acquisition of Phillips Productions, best known as the producers of ''Texas Country Reporter''. Subject matter ''Texas Monthly'' takes as its premise that Texas began as a distinctive place and remains so. It is the self-appointed arbiter of all things cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Gunman Theory
Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at age 12 for truancy, during which he was assessed by a psychiatrist as "emotionally disturbed" due to a lack of normal family life. He attended 12 schools in his youth, quitting repeatedly, and at age 17 he joined the Marines, where he was court-martialed twice and jailed. In 1959, he was discharged from active duty into the Marine Corps Reserve, then flew to Europe and defected to the Soviet Union. He lived in Minsk, married a Russian woman named Marina, and had a daughter. In June 1962, he returned to the United States with his wife, and eventually settled in Dallas, Texas, where their second daughter was born. Oswald shot and killed Kennedy on November 22, 1963, from a sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository as Kennedy traveled by motorcad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Floor Museum At Dealey Plaza
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is a museum located on the sixth floor of the Dallas County Administration Building, formerly the Texas School Book Depository, in downtown Dallas, Texas, overlooking Dealey Plaza at the intersection of Elm and Houston Streets. The museum examines the life, times, assassination, and legacy of United States President John F. Kennedy, and the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, as well as the various conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination. Background The seven-story building commonly known as Texas School Book Depository building, was originally built in 1901 on the foundation of an 1898 five-story structure which had burned down after being struck by lightning. Between 1901 and 1963, the building served first as a warehouse for plows and other agricultural equipment and then housed a grocery wholesaler. In 1963, the building was leased to the Texas School Book Depository Company and served as a distribution hub for school textbooks with r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Commission
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established by President of the United States, President Lyndon B. Johnson through on November 29, 1963, to investigate the Assassination of John F. Kennedy, assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy that had taken place on November 22, 1963. The U.S. Congress passed Senate Joint Resolution 137 authorizing the Presidential appointed Commission to report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, mandating the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Its 888-page final report was presented to President Johnson on September 24, 1964, and made public three days later. It concluded that President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald and that Oswald acted entirely alone. It also concluded that Jack Ruby acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later. The Commission's findings have proven controversial an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubenstein V
Rubenstein is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alan Rubenstein, British businessman * Atoosa Rubenstein (born 1972), Iranian-American journalist and editor-in-chief of ''Seventeen'' magazine * David Rubenstein, American co-founder of The Carlyle Group and one of the richest people in the United States * Deidre Rubenstein (born 1948), Australian actress * E. Ivan Rubenstein (1895–1955), American lawyer and judge * Glenn Rubenstein (born 1976), American journalist * Jacob Leon Rubenstein, birth name of Jack Ruby, American murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald * James M. Rubenstein (born 1949), American geographer and author * Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), Canadian world champion and Hall of Fame figure skater * Meridel Rubenstein (born 1948), American photographer and installation artist * Richard L. Rubenstein (1924–2021), American university president and author of theology * Richard E. Rubenstein (born 1938), American author of historical works * Shaun Rubenstei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas School Book Depository
The Texas School Book Depository, later known as the Dallas County Administration Building and now "The Sixth Floor Museum", is a seven-floor building facing Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The building was Lee Harvey Oswald's vantage point during the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald, an employee at the depository, shot and mortally wounded President Kennedy from a sixth floor window on the building's southeastern corner. Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital. The building, located at 411 Elm Street on the northwest corner of Elm and North Houston Streets in downtown Dallas, is a Texas Historic Landmark. Early history The site was originally owned by John Neely Bryan. In the 1880s, Maxime Guillot operated a wagon shop on the property. In 1894, the Rock Island Plow Company bought the land, and four years later constructed a five-story building for its Texas division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
