AcreativeculturalhistoryofDallasthroughthelensofitsdefiningtwentiethcenturyevent:JFK’sassassination.TheassassinationofJohnF.KennedyonNovember22,1963,shockedAmerica.Instantly,Dallaswasblamedforthekilling,labeled“theCityofHate.“Inthehalfcenturysincethepresident’smurder,thiscity’sartistsandwritershaveproducedimportant,ifoftenoverlooked,workthatspeakstothedifficultburdenofourcivicshaming.Herearetheworksofpoetry,theater,journalism,art,theactionsofourcitizensandpoliticalleaders,allthefragmentsofourculturallifethataddressthistorturedlocalhistory.TheCityThatKilledthePresidentisafitfuldiscourseofferingawindowintoDallasitself,acityreluctanttograpplewithitspast.
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