On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy would visit Dallas, Texas in preparation for the upcoming 1964 presidential election. Kennedy understood that he would require the support of the Southern states for campaign contributions while concurrently, intent on quelling opposition in regards to his recent public involvement on promoting a new Civil Rights Act. Although it was raining throughout the morning, conditions would improve enough so that Kennedy would deem it appropriate to remove the Plexiglas roof of the car while touring the city. Such an event was hardly a secret as it was highly publicized days before his arrival, leading to a considerable amount of people to congregate at the streets. Subsequently, at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST, Kennedy, warmly waving at the crowd of onlookers, would be shot twice, the first bullet skewering into his upper back and ripping out of his throat while the other one would puncture his head, splaying out blood and bits of his skull. On that day, the hope of America, and with it, the Camelot Era has come to an end.
However, what would have happened if the rain had lasted throughout the day? This minute change in detail would have kept the Plexiglas roof covers on his car to prevent …show more content…
Johnson was the president during that time. Just five days after Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson would speak in a joint session of Congress where he would inform them that "No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill". Combined with his intimate knowledge on the inner workings of Congress, being elected as both a representative and a senator prior to becoming a president, Johnson would get the bill out of limbo from the Rules Committee and barely pass the bill through both houses. This would not have held true in the case of