Errol Morris’s provocative documentaries Fog of War and Mr. Death hold out the promise that his new foray into the Kennedy assassination questions may bear fruit. However, we have joined researcher and writer Russ Baker recently in our criticisms of the six-minute interview Morris filmed for the New York Times with Josiah “Tink” Thompson, author…
On this date: February 21, 1965 Malcom X was Assassinated Luther E. Brooks Jr. If you are not your own reality then who’s illusion are you? “I remember the moment very clearly. I was walking down a hallway in Atwood Hall (Freshman Dormitory) at the then, Kentucky State College (now a University) in Frankfort, Kentucky.…
To Hollywood, history is a sort of joke and icon and the same time and certainly fodder for reducing real questions to nonsense. Magneto, with all his magnetic powers, would still have more to do than just redirect the “single bullet” in Dealey Plaza to make a lone assassin meet the test of reality and…
The JFK Factor: Bill O’Reilly on the Assassination, Then and Now By Russ Baker Feb 23, 2012 whowhatwhy.com You may have heard that the Fox News celebrity host Bill O’Reilly has a forthcoming book on JFK, timed for release this fall. How could you have not heard? Scheduled in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of…
Presidential airplanes through the decades By AUBREY COHEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Updated 04:23 p.m., Monday, February 20, 2012 See website below for a gallery of images including: This Boeing VC-137C aircraft, SAM 26000, was the first jet made specifically for presidential use, according to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. It entered service directly…
This article was the basis of the talk Jeff Morley gave at the 2011 COPA conference by remote webcast. The holy grail of the JFK story Seven steps to unlocking the historical truth about the assassination in Dallas By Jefferson Morley Tuesday, Nov 22, 2011 3:20 PM Eastern Standard Time Salon.com PHOTO JFK and Jackie…
JFK: “Better red than dead” At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the president embraced anti-nuclear war rhetoric, a new book claims By Jefferson Morley Monday, Feb 20, 2012 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time Salon.com PHOTOS John F. Kennedy and his one-time girlfriend Mimi Alford (Credit: AP/AP/Tina Fineberg) In his charmed life, he seduced…
The Day the Music Died Malcolm X’s Assassination Feb. 21, 1965 by Roland Sheppard (This article was published in the San Francisco BayView Newspaper on February 19, 2011) http://rolandsheppard.com/Site/Day_The_Music_Died.html PHOTO Malcolm is wheeled out of the Audubon Ballroom on a stretcher, escorted by NYPD, on the fateful day, Feb. 21, 1965. “When I looked up,…
New Museums to Shine a Spotlight on Civil Rights Era By KIM SEVERSON February 19, 2012 ATLANTA — Drive through any state in the Deep South and you will find a monument or a museum dedicated to civil rights. A visitor can peer into the motel room in Memphis where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther…
On February 15, 2012 the African American Studies Dept at UMD put together a dynamic and informative panel on the Life, Legacy, and Work of the late great Malcolm X. This panel was put together by Dr. Joseph Richardson and featured: Mr. Obi Egbuna, Dr. Jared Ball, and Dr. Derrick White. The discussion focused in…
A corrective to my hope O’Reilly might actually get anything right. Footnotes do slow down a book for people who are not interested in history. Bill O’Reilly to write book on Kennedy’s assassination February 16, 2012 By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY Bill O’Reilly, no stranger to controversies — or the best-seller list — will co-author…
Jim Douglass’ new book, ‘Gandhi and the Unspeakable’ by John Dear SJ National Catholic Reporter February 3-16, 2012 On the Road to Peace Jim Douglass is one of the world’s great teachers, theologians and practitioners of Christian nonviolence. I regularly return for inspiration to his classic works The Nonviolent Cross, Resistance and Contemplation and Lightning…
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