The Secret Service accompanies the president and the First Family everywhere, but it wasn't always this way. It would take a third assassination of a U.S. president -- William McKinley -- to prompt Congress to assign full official...

Encyclopedia entry provides a detailed account of the assassination of Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Features three detailed maps of Abraham Lincoln's assassination; "The Night of April 14th", "Booth Flees Washington", and "Booth Travels April 14th-26th".

Details the April 14, 1865, assassination of President Lincoln. Also includes a link to a picture gallery.

An account of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

This is a unit about the assassination of JFK. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m. while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit. Kennedy's motorcade was turning past the Texas...

Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Audio available

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the assassination of the Archduke of Austria in 1908. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A study suggests the "grassy knoll" JFK assassination theory is bogus. "The President's reactions just after the projectile impact were physically consistent with a gunshot wound caused by a high-energy Carcano military rifle bullet...

This site describes the articles in Abraham Lincoln's pockets the evening he was assassinated. Includes a photograph of the items. Also included are newspaper clippings about the assassination and the playbill from Ford's Theater.

This page explains the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 using a story format.

Learn about the findings of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

Pages from Harper's Weekly edition on April 29, 1865, published just after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Read a brief description of the assassination of President John Kennedy and examine the many questions that remain about that death.

This is the text, audio, and video [1:47] of Robert F. Kennedy's speech to the nation concerning the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.; it was delivered on April 4, 1968, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

BBC correspondent Mark Dummett looks back on Laurent Kabila's assassination and what has occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo since his death. (January 16, 2002)

This descriptive article from the North Park University highlights the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914.

A detailed look at the last evening of Abraham Lincoln as he watched a play at Ford's Theater. See whom John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators targeted for assassination, and read what happened to Booth.

Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in full view of a packed audience. Many questions remain unanswered such as whether this was a lone act or part of a conspiracy. Conduct your own investigations using the features from this...

This is a concise description of the turmoil in the Republican Party leading up to the campaign and election of 1880. How or whether to reform the patronage system was at the heart of the selection of a candidate. Find out about the...

Guardian correspondent Ian Black discusses the escalating unrest in Libya following the assassination of Abdel Fatah Younis. (July 31, 2011)

Provides detailed facts and information on John Wilkes Booth and other conspirators that were involved in the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865.

This article provides facts about the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901 and of his murderer, Leon Czolgosz.

Detailed facts and an interesting summary of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.