Living History with James "Jim" Leavelle

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza presented an interview between retired Dallas Police homicide detective James "Jim" Leavelle and Museum Curator Gary Mack. Their conversation explored what happened when Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot suspect Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas City Jail on November 24, 1963. Leavelle was handcuffed to Oswald at the time and helped to wrestle Ruby to the ground. Leavelle was immortalized in Bob Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the incident, which was also captured on live television.

This presentation took place at the Museum on November 19, 2008 as part of the Museum's 45th Anniversary program series. To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (http://emuseum.jfk.org). Or make a research appointment to explore the books, DVDs and other materials available in the Museum's Reading Room

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