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The following article by Edward Curtin on the life of President John F. Kennedy, and his assassination on this date, November 22, 1963, is the lead piece in the eighth issue of Garrison: The Journal of History and Deep Politics that has just been published: “The Political Assassinations of the 1960s.” From JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X, to Hammarskjold and Lumumba, the 1960s were a tragic period when the CIA took over the United States and profoundly changed the course of history, and Garriso...

The following article by Edward Curtin on the life of President John F. Kennedy, and his assassination on this date, November 22, 1963, is the lead piece in the eighth issue of Garrison: The Journal of History and Deep Politics that has just been published: “The Political Assassinations of the 1960s.” From JFK, RFK, MLK, […]

By Pete Hamill Somewhere in the shadowy land between myth and history lies the domicile of John F. Kennedy. The first United States president of Irish-Catholic descent, Kennedy was a man of many faces: war hero, orator, lover, creator, and visionary. He had it all, and it was all taken away, but in the end he gained immortality. ℘℘℘ That day I was in Ireland, in the dark, hard northern city of Belfast. I was there with my father, who had been away from the city where he was born for more ...

About This Lot Jacques Lowe was the Official Campaign Photographer of John F. Kennedys quest for the presidency and, when elected, the personal photographer of President Kennedy. Although offered the White House Photographers job Lowe declined, but the president asked him to "stick around and record my administration. Dont worry, Ill make it worth your while." His work for the campaign, the Kennedy White House, and the Kennedy family has resulted in six books, numerous exhibitions from the USA ...

The Briscoe Center for American History has acquired the prized archives of photographer Jacques Lowe, best known for his images of the Kennedy family, including scenes from John F. Kennedys presidential campaign and his first year in the White House. “This acquisition was more than a few years in the making," said Don Carleton, director of the Briscoe Center at the University of Texas, "if you consider that I first met Jacques Lowe in the late 1990s, and we discussed his archive before his d...

"The Lowe Archive is a significant addition to the centers photojournalism and documentary photography collections," Don Carleton, executive director of the Briscoe Center, said. "It is hard to overstate the importance of Lowes work in shaping the public image of the Kennedy family. However, this collection holds an even greater significance for historical research. Like so many of our photojournalism collections, Lowes entire career provides critical visual evidence for the study of the recent...