The Kennedys and Civil Rights: How the MSM Continues to Distort History

A four-part critical essay by Jim DiEugenio

Today the United States stands a nation divided along ethnic and racial crevices so wide that they are more like chasms.  We are witness to shootings of African Americans by police, of Jews in synagogues due to wacky rightwing conspiracy theories, to pipe bombs sent to those who criticize Donald Trump's manipulation of prejudice, and to the prevalent suppression of minority votes. When the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville ended with three dead and over thirty injured, Trump replied that there were fine people on both sides. This, about demonstrators carrying swastikas and confederate flags. But what does one expect from a president who employs the likes of Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka in the White House?

As we demonstrate in this series, the precipice upon which this nation sits is not at all a recent phenomenon, but has deep historical roots.  In the first of four parts, we show how it extends back to the utter failure of Reconstruction and some very unwise decisions by the Supreme Court. This speaks directly to the problem of consistently appointing judges from the Federalist Society. We also delineate how other presidents actually cooperated with these injustices and failed to do their duty in this field.  This left a nearly intractable mess for John F. Kennedy in 1961.  But what will also become clear is how he worked against these huge odds to turn this situation around. What is more, we will reveal how he was actually planning an assault on the inner city tinderboxes at the time of his death. We further introduce two hidden heroes in this struggle who are pretty much ignored by the media and academia: Charles Houston and David Hackett. Read on for a story the MSM and main-line historians will not tell about the crisis we face today.

Part 1: The Rebel Yell Will Rise Again

Part 2: The Media Spin-Dries JFK on Civil Rights

Part 3: The Kennedys Tear Down Jim Crow

Part 4: Assaulting the Ghetto: LBJ vs. the Kennedys

Listen now to Jim's interviews with David Giglio

courtesy of Our Hidden History

Part 1: Reconstruction

Part 2: The MSM vs History

Part 3: The Kennedys Tear Down Jim Crow

Part 4: The Kennedys’ War on Poverty

Last year, we posted slides from a talk Jim was giving entitled, “Vietnam Declassified”. We have decided to rerun this feature because Jim has added some new material which we thought our readers would be interested to see.

(click on the image to bring up the slides)

Jeff Morley, Russ Baker and Jim DiEugenio discuss the JFK assassination at its 55th anniversary in a roundtable hosted by The Ripple Effect.

For an introduction, audio and transcript, see “JFK Assassination: Still Searching for Answers”, at WhoWhatWhy.

Here is the YouTube audio.

Listen also to Part 2 of the interview with Russ Baker, Larry Hancock and Jim DiEugenio.