4 takeaways from the JFK files
4. After more than 75 years, a lasting cultural impact
A “Decade of Assassinations” conference in 1973 shows how JFK’s assassination shaped a decade of political violence, influencing elections and public discourse.
According to the files, a Dec. 11, 1973, memo for FBI Director L. Patrick Gray on the "Conference of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations" in November of that year found that "some material was not even turned over" to the Warren Commission and acknowledged that the FBI and DOJ are "alone in knowing the results of some tests."
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The committee’s finding extends beyond JFK to a pattern of assassinations, including that of RFK, MLK and Malcolm X, and stretches into the Watergate burglary and subsequent coverup that ultimately resulted in the resignation of former President Richard Nixon.
