51 Years Later – How The Boston Globe Covered the JFK Assassination
On November 22, 1963, Brookline-born President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas at 12:30 p.m. central time. Here’s the front page of The Boston Globe – “New England’s Family Newspaper’’ – the day after the assassination.
Boston Globe front page for Nov. 23, 1963. Kennedy assassination.
“A sniper’s bullet brought death to President John Fitzgerald Kennedy at 2 p.m. Friday, changing with immeasurable impact the history of a shocked, disbelieving world,’’ wrote Robert Healy. Articles also cover Oswald’s arrest, LBJ’s swearing in, and Jackie Kennedy’s anguish.
“It was his last airport arrival,’’ Mary McGrory wrote.
Two days later, The Globe featured images and quotes from the funeral ceremony.
Boston Globe front page for Nov. 25, 1963. Kennedy assassination.
Oswald’s death at the hands of Jack Ruby was relegated to below the fold.
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