Jfk Assassination Research Paper

Keyev Dobak
J.F.K assassination
9th grade lit/comp

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them”

Spoken from the 35th president of the United States of America. John F. Kennedy was assassinated for reasons that are unclear. No matter how deep or scaring the killer’s reason for assassinating John F. Kennedy was, it was unjust. Before conclusions can be made, one must know why John F. Kennedy should not have been assassinated. Understanding John F. Kennedy’s doings can further support this claim.

John F. Kennedy was a president of many wonders, such as the fact that he was a civil rights activist supporter. Since Mr. Kennedy was the current president at the time, he could not directly speak with many of the civil rights activists. Even so, Mr. Kennedy made it a personal goal to abolish the idea of segregation. In one instance, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested a few weeks before the presidential election in 1961. Mr. Kennedy, now informed of the incident contacted MLK’s wife, Coretta Scott King, and insured that her husband would be safely released from jail. Later, JFK also fueled an endorsement for MLK’s campaign, which led to 70% of all African-Americans to vote for Mr. Kennedy in the presidential election.

Although John F. Kennedy was a Civil rights

activist supporter, he was also determined to end the terrible governmental system known as Communism. When JFK was elected into office he stated that one of his policies was to address this issue. JFK faced many hardships in trying to make this a reality. Mr. Kennedy stated in his notes that “It would be a mistake to judge the communist threat as primary military, although it is Russian military prestige that has force and give persuasion to her allies”. He also stated that “Certainly we must devote all our available energies to the task of rebuilding our military strength and persuade our allies to do so as well”. Which means JFK was not interested in a war but encourage the U.S and its allies to build their military strength as well in case of emergency.

Although JFK achieved great things for the U.S, many believe that he was the cause for the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This has been ruled to be untrue. The Russian leader named Nikita Khrushchev met with Cuba’s dictator, Fidel Castro. The two agreed to build a missile base in Cuba, which in fact is only 489 miles south of Florida. Upon Mr. Kennedy’s discovery of this missile base, he ordered several naval ships to surround the perimeter of Cuba and demanded to have the missiles removed and the site torn down. Nikita Khrushchev later agreed and removed the missiles and tore it down. JFK also agreed to remove U.S missile from

Turkey.

To conclude, JFK’s assassination was unjust. JFK managed to support civil rights activists. He also contained the issue of communism. Furthermore, Mr. Kennedy was not the cause of the Cuban missile crisis. But, he peacefully prevented a possible full-scale nuclear war. During Mr. Kennedy’s presidency he improved and enforced numerous things and many should learn that war is not the answer. Nor, is a corrupt government feasible in any way.