I'm very much a conservative. But I KNOW WHAT DALLAS like in 1963. Now way that a young black man in Dallas was going to tell the truth if it put him in danger. NO WAY
To place this incident in proper perspective it is necessary to understand that there were two lunchrooms in the Book Depository. Texas was a part of the deep south and even the Mayor of Dallas acknowledged that the city had a reputation as the “Hate capitol of Dixie.” (WR41) The building superintendent, Roy Truly, told writer William Manchester (Manchester, pp. 132-133),
"Except for my niggers the boys are conservative, like me -- like most Texans."