Support The Justice for Kennedy Act

The Justice for Kennedy Act (H.R. 637) was introduced in the House on January 30 by Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ1). It would not only require six government departments to publicly release any remaining unreleased JFK assassination records in unredacted form within 30 days of its enactment but also eliminate the prohibitions on releasing Lee Oswald’s tax records and records subject to deeds of gift.

The bill has been referred to the following House Committees: Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Judiciary, Ways and Means and the Permanent Select Intelligence. However, it has yet to attract any co-sponsors. Without additional sponsors, it will not move forward to the hearing phase.

We ask you to contact your representative before the House takes its summer recess and ask them to consider becoming a co-sponsor.

The bill summary and details may be accessed at: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr637/summary

This bill is not about who killed the president but simply about complying with the law and government transparency.

The purpose of the bill is to simply finish the job that Congress demanded 30 years ago when it said the prior 30 years had been enough time!

Harry Belafonte 1927 - 2023

Today we remember Harry Belafonte and all of the incredible causes that he championed. Here’s a clip of Mr. Belafonte throwing his hat in the ring for JFK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C21r3qfRk4Y Under the Kennedy administration, Belafonte served as cultural advisor to the Peace Corps. He was one of the civil rights activists who met with Attorney General Robert Kennedy to discuss race relations. That meeting was a turning point, igniting debate that led to better understanding. Less than three weeks later, President Kennedy gave his landmark Civil Rights address. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v85RcNbemo Behind the scenes, Belafonte supported civil rights leaders and workers, often bailing them out of jail in the middle of the night. He was close friends with both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Farewell, Harry. Leaders of your kind are sorely missed today.

ON THIS DAY - APRIL 4TH...

Fifty-five years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was cut down by assassination.

Fifty- six years ago today, he spoke out forcibly against the brutal U.S. occupation of Vietnam, and the forces of “racism, extreme materialism, and militarism” from which it was born.

After speaking against the war, he lived for precisely one more year.

Read his powerful words below:

“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin...we must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”

-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence" Speech

Riverside Church, New York, N.Y., April 4, 1967

Listen to the entire speech here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJhgXKGldUk