United States House Select Committee on Assassinations

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The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations was a special congressional committee established in the late 1970s to reexamine the killings of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ultimately concluding that Kennedy was likely assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.

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Generate an image of the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations was a special congressional committee established in the late 1970s to reexamine the killings of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ultimately concluding that Kennedy was likely assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional committee ⓘ
select committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
chairperson Henry B. Gonzalez ⓘ
linked to: Henry B. González

Louis Stokes ⓘ
Thomas N. Downing ⓘ
concludedThat James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Lee Harvey Oswald fired shots that killed President John F. Kennedy ⓘ
President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy ⓘ
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency were deficient in sharing information with the Warren Commission ⓘ
the Warren Commission did not adequately investigate the possibility of a conspiracy in the Kennedy assassination ⓘ
the medical and ballistic evidence indicated the likelihood of a second gunman in the Kennedy assassination ⓘ
there was a likelihood of a conspiracy in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., though the committee could not identify its extent ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1979 ⓘ
establishedBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
finalReportDate 1979 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
hasMemberCount 12 ⓘ
legalBasis House Resolution 222 (95th Congress) ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableMember Christopher Dodd ⓘ
Richardson Preyer ⓘ
Walter E. Fauntroy ⓘ
oversightSubject performance of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Kennedy and King investigations ⓘ
performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Kennedy and King investigations ⓘ
partOf 94th United States Congress ⓘ
95th United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 95th Congress
politicalContext post-Watergate era congressional investigations of intelligence agencies ⓘ
precededBy President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy ⓘ
linked to: Warren Commission

United States Department of Justice investigations into the King assassination ⓘ
producedWork Final Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
volumes of hearings and appendices on the Kennedy assassination ⓘ
volumes of hearings and appendices on the King assassination ⓘ
recommended greater congressional oversight of intelligence agencies ⓘ
improvements in protection of the President and other officials ⓘ
shortName HSCA ⓘ
startTime 1976 ⓘ
topic congressional investigations ⓘ
forensic analysis of assassinations ⓘ
political assassinations in the United States ⓘ
usedMethod acoustic analysis of Dallas police dictabelt recording ⓘ
ballistics analysis ⓘ
forensic pathology review ⓘ
review of FBI and CIA files ⓘ

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy → investigatedBy → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
Warren Commission → followedBy → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
Lee Harvey Oswald → subjectOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation ⓘ
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United States House Select Committee on Assassinations → shortName → HSCA ⓘ
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Jacob Leon Rubenstein → subjectOf → House Select Committee on Assassinations inquiries ⓘ
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Marina Oswald → testifiedBefore → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting in New Orleans → laterInvestigatedBy → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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House Resolution 222 (95th Congress) → establishedBody → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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House Resolution 222 (95th Congress) → appliesTo → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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James Earl Ray → subjectOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation ⓘ
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United States Department of Justice investigations into the King assassination → relatedTo → House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation into the King assassination ⓘ
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assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. → subjectOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation ⓘ
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Final Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives → author → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
Zapruder film → subjectOf → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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Louis Stokes → chairpersonOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act → shortName → HSCA ⓘ
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Marina Oswald Porter → testifiedBefore → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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FBI files on Lee Harvey Oswald → aboutOrganization → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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FBI files on Lee Harvey Oswald → usedIn → House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation ⓘ
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the FBI and CIA were deficient in sharing information relevant to the protection of the President → determinedBy → U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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the FBI and CIA were deficient in sharing information relevant to the protection of the President → associatedWithOrganization → U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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House Report No. 95-1828 → issuedBy → U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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House Report No. 95-1828 → committee → U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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House Report No. 95-1828 → relatedTo → U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations hearings ⓘ
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single-bullet theory → evaluatedBy → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection → containsRecordsFrom → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy → topic → House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
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