The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is presenting a special program on Saturday, November 18, 2017 focused on the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. What Has the Government Been Hiding? 54 Years of Secrets & the Release of the JFK Records will feature a conversation with best-selling authors Larry Sabato and Philip Shenon, moderated by NPR’s Dave Davies.
The JFK Records Collection Act mandated that by October 26, 2017, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) must release all withheld government files pertaining to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Sabato, founder and director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, and Shenon, a former New York Times investigative reporter, will discuss the ramifications and revelations of the final release of the JFK records.
“The Museum’s mission is to help place into context the assassination of President Kennedy, and the additional information contained in these remaining documents could have potential value to researchers and historians,” said Nicola Longford, executive director of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. “Larry and Phil have a unique depth of knowledge and are highly regarded by assassination scholars, so we look forward to hearing their perspective on this timely topic.”
The program will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 18 on the Museum’s seventh floor. Program tickets are $15, and advance purchase is recommended at jfk.org.
Entrance to the permanent exhibition, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation, is not included with the purchase of a program-only ticket and requires a separate general admission ticket.
About Larry Sabato
Dr. Larry J. Sabato is a New York Times best-selling author, has won two Emmys, and is recognized as one of the nation’s most respected political analysts. He appears multiple times a week on national and international TV, including FOX, CNN, MSNBC, and CNN International. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Sabato is the founder and director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and the award-winning Sabato’s Crystal Ball. He is the author of The Kennedy Half-Century, which examines the life, assassination and lasting legacy of President John F. Kennedy.
About Philip Shenon
Philip Shenon was an investigative journalist for The New York Times for more than twenty years. As a Washington correspondent for the Times, he covered the Pentagon, the Justice Department and the State Department. As a foreign correspondent for the paper, he reported from more than sixty countries and several war zones. His book, A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination, was named the best American history book of 2014 by the Society of American Historians, based at Columbia University. The book’s title refers to the first sentence of the Warren Commission’s report: “The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was a cruel and shocking act of violence directed against a man, a family, a nation, and against all mankind.” Shenon also authored The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation. Both books were New York Times bestsellers. Shenon is a frequent contributor to NPR, Politico, The Washington Post, Newsweek and the Guardian.
About Dave Davies
Dave Davies has covered local politics and government in Philadelphia for more than thirty years. A senior reporter for WHYY-FM, a public radio station in Philadelphia, he is also a contributor and fill-in host for Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Before that he was reporter and columnist for The Philadelphia Daily News, where he worked from 1990 to 2010. Before joining the Daily News, Davies was city hall bureau chief for KYW News Radio, and city hall correspondent for WHYY. A native Texan, Davis graduated from the University of Texas in 1975.
