Dallas’ Darkest Cloud: Growing Up in the Shadows of the Kennedy Assassination

Today marks the 56th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.  Some 19 months before that tragic day, I was born in Dallas.  My family lived in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas.  That’s where Lee Harvey Oswald resided and was ultimately captured after committing one of the most infamous murders in history.  Today’s column reveals what life was like growing up in the shadows of the Kennedy Assassination.