In honor of the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination, historians are daunted by thousands of previously unreleased government documents that shed new light on the tragic events. Experts aim to dissect the highly classified Warren Commission Report amidst an increasing sense of transparency due to the Freedom of Information Act’s effective promise of releasing all documents by 2017. Fierce debates over the authenticity of the 1963 Zapruder Film, with controversy as to whom altered it, add complexity to the discussion. Although the president’s fate remains unchanged, considerable public perception is changed by newfound revelations that offer crucial details about the actual days leading up to the murder on Nov. 22, 1963. Efforts to analyze the classified documents have led to a request for fundraising to finance the educational project aimed at shedding light on this factual and deeply unsettling probe in United States history.
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