Remembering Nicholas Katzenbach. In memoriam Carroll Shelby.

Описание: CIVIL RIGHTS AND MUSCLE CARS

Nicholas Katzenbach was an integral member of the Cabinet under JFK and LBJ. He was one of the most important figures in the civil rights movement of the early 1960's. Working as an assistant to Robert Kennedy, Katzenbach was the point man in helping integrate the University of Alabama and Ole Miss. Carroll Shelby was responsible for ending the European domination in sports cars with his "muscle cars". His Cobra remains one of the iconic cars of the 20th Century.

Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach (January 17, 1922 -- May 8, 2012) was an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney General during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration
On June 11, 1963, Katzenbach was a primary participant in one of the most famous incidents of the Civil Rights struggle.[8] Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to stop desegregation of that institution by the enrollment of two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood. This became known as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door." Wallace stood aside only after being confronted by Katzenbach, accompanied by federal marshals and the Alabama National Guard.
[edit]Role in JFK assassination investigation

A 1979 account of the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), reported that on November 25, 1963, only 3 days after the John F. Kennedy assassination and before any formal federal investigation had been conducted, Nicholas Katzenbach, then deputy attorney general, had written a memo to presidential assistant Bill Moyers at the White House. Katzenbach's memo comes the closest of any known official document (Katzenbach's memo) to discussing a government coverup:
"The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin; that he had no confederates who are still at large; and that evidence was such that he would have been convicted at trial...Speculation about Oswald's motivation ought to be cut off...Unfortunately the facts on Oswald seem about too pat—too obvious (Marxist, Cuba, Russian wife, etc.)...We need something to head off public speculation or Congressional hearings of the wrong sort."
The Committee's final report implies that Katzenbach, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and others were the key actors behind the creation of the Warren Commission. According to the report, Hoover told staff members on November 24, 1963 that he and Katzenbach were anxious to have "something issued so we can convince the public that Oswald is the real assassin," though the idea of a commission was initially opposed by President Johnson.