Did JFK's assassination start a decade of infamous assassinations? John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Following his assassination, there was a number of high profile assassinations relating involving the government including JFK's own brother and civil rights leaders. Let's list them:
John F. Kennedy: assassinated November 22, 1963
Malcolm X: assassinated February 21, 1965
Martin Luther King Jr.: assassinated April 4, 1968
Robert F. Kennedy: assassinated June 6, 1968
Okay so there aren't as many as I thought. But within the span of five years, four important political men were gunned down. But theirs were not the only violent deaths in the 1960s. The bombing of the church in Birmingham killed four innocent girls. There were countless others dead from fighting for civil rights. A riot at Ole Miss in 1962 left two dead. A riot at Kent State in 1970 left four dead. I wanted to point these deaths out because the sixties are known as the decade of freedom, peace, love, and drugs. It has a image of color and fun and freedom. But the decade is also drenched in the blood of those trying to change things for the better.
Credit for photo:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/10/27/bob-schieffer-jfk-assassination-nothing-had-ever-happened
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