nicola longford: dallas has struggled with being labeled the city of hate or the city that killed the president. jared haibon: with the majority of americans believing jfk was killed in a conspiracy, i've come to the scene of the crime to see if i can shed any light on one of the most disputed events in history. so the official theory goes like this. on november 22, 1963, president kennedy was in dallas to drum up support for the upcoming election. he was traveling by motorcade down this 10 mile route to give a speech at a trade mark. at approximately 12:30 pm, lee harvey oswald fired shots at the president from this spot right here, the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. [shots] x marks the spot. just after the shooting, oswald runs into this boarding house where he was staying. he grabs his handgun, and his coat, and leaves again. oswald ducked into this theater, and at 1:51 pm, police had him in custody. but what really happened on november 22, 1963?

my first stop in my search for the truth is the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza. so this is the sniper's perch. lee harvey oswald was hiding behind these boxes, and we believe that lee made the shots from this window. oswald was working here. he was working at the book depository. nicola longford: yes, this is the same model rifle that lee harvey oswald used to assassinate the president. it was found right behind these boxes with his fingerprints. and then the stairway is right over there? he ran right down to the second floor, and then he walked out the front door and escaped. jared haibon: but not everyone buys into this theory. many jfk guides offer tours of that fateful day, and robin brown has his own unique way of presenting his perspective. [car starts] robin brown: jared, i know what happened to kennedy, and it had nothing to do with lee harvey oswald.

this is the motorcade route. jared haibon: oh wow, so this is the-- robin brown: this is it. jared haibon: --road the president was traveling down? robin brown: this is the roads. everything's the same, 60 years later. kennedy's enemies chose dealey plaza, because they needed a location where his car would be almost crawling. they also need a place where the president will be surrounded by rifle. there's a shooting team on the second floor of the dal-tex building. there's a shooting team in the sixth floor of the schoolbook building. there's three shooting teams below the president, waiting for him. and those x's represent, jared, where the president is when he grabs his throat, but the car never stops. the car keeps moving, slow, but steady, 14 miles an hour, 14 miles an hour. right here, at this moment, is where kennedy receives that headshot. reporter 1: the cheers of the crowd almost muffled the three shots.

the assassins aim is deadly. jared haibon: do you think the driver of the car was also in on it? - yes. jared haibon: so how does oswald fit into this entire story? he's a patsy. he didn't kill anyone. he keeps repeating that, "i haven't killed anyone." lee oswald did not fire a rifle on november 22, '63. jared haibon: as my quest for clarity continues-- patricia puckett-hall: welcome back to '63. jared haibon: yeah, really, huh? --i head to the rooming house, where oswald was staying at the time of the assassination. patricia puckett-hall: this is mr. lee's little room. this is the actual bed that he slept on. jared haibon: i just came from dealey plaza. president kennedy gets shot. what happens after that? the president's shot at 12:30. walter cronkite comes on the air and announces to the world that the president's been shot at 12:40.

it goes back to the soap opera as the world turns. that's when mr. lee comes walking back into this house. the housekeeper, she says, "do you know what happens?" he doesn't react to her. he doesn't say a word. during the short term that he was in his room, the housekeeper hears two honks out front. she looks out the window, and it's a police car. why would there be a police car honking outside? that's right. it just seems almost too coincidental to not have some sort of connection. exactly. chills everywhere. it feels like, the more details we get, the less of an idea i have about what exactly happened on november 22. the mystery then leads to the texas theater, where oswald was arrested. this is the arrest photo of lee harvey oswald that was

taken 60 years ago right there. chris gardner: yeah. [music playing] texas theater lore is that the owner, at the time, actually removed the chair that oswald was sitting in and took it home. he was like, this is going to be worth some money someday. so he just dropped a filler chair in this spot. so what the authorities took for evidence-- a fake chair? it was a fake chair. why would the fbi want the chair? my mind went to they were trying to get his fingerprints to test the rifle. but they had him in custody, so why wouldn't they have just taken his fingerprints in custody? oh yeah, why? why wouldn't they take his fingerprints? nah. jared haibon: and then the trail goes cold, leaving just one question. who do you believe killed john f. kennedy? killed john f. kennedy. killed john f. kennedy. killed john f. kennedy. the evidence points to lee harvey oswald being the sole assassin. it definitely doesn't make a lot of sense

that this one guy would have been able to pull off what was pulled off. patricia puckett-hall: i believe it was a conspiracy. lyndon johnson is the head of the snake, cia, and the mob. robin brown: the ultimate reason is vietnam. everybody in washington will prosper from a war, and kennedy doesn't believe in war. and it got him killed. [gun shot] jared haibon: it's a case that still makes headlines, today, and dallas lays bare the evidence for all to interpret. but you should come and find out for yourself. [music playing] everyone say, “space pod.” cheese. [door creaks open] [ominous music] (♪♪) [ding] meanwhile, at a vrbo...

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more than a quarter, at least, of these cowboys were black cowboys. absolutely. in the early, early days, i would take it back to slavery. i think we were the work force, and a lot of the work was done on ranches, on horseback. and that's what kind of created this cowboy. the black cowboy used to be responsible for taking herds from one location to another, but once the railroad came in and they were able to put the cows on the train, a lot of cowboys found a platform in local rodeos. a black cowboy by the name of bill pickett invented steer wrestling. he would physically jump down on him and, with his bare hands, wrestle him to the ground. how big is this guy? i don't know that he was very big, but-- he's very strong. absolutely. that's what's needed, strength, not size. how athletic these guys have to be to be good at rodeo events is nothing short of what a football player or basketball player, the kind of shape that they have to be in. [music playing] jared haibon: oh, my god.

and it's the story of the black cowboy that inspired the heritage rodeo. what is the importance of the heritage rodeo? damon leffall: this platform was created to pay homage of a black cowboy and tell a story of a black rodeo contestant. back in the '60s, rodeoing was a different place. you know what i mean? because the world was in a different place as far as racism is concerned. how segregation worked in a lot of different areas, it was the same for a black cowboy. what we ended up doing is kind of what i'm doing now. we end up creating our own space, and now, i will say that it's a pretty shared vibe out there. white boy moves right there, just-- you are one of the first black, american bull riding champions. craig jackson: yes, sir. someone that looks like you, coming from that same background, they might have doubts,

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announcer: howdy, folks. welcome to the state fair of texas. jared haibon: for an authentic taste of lone star culture, look no further than the annual state fair of texas. they always say everything is bigger in texas, including cowboys. tiffany derry: if you didn't have your picture with big tex, were you really here at the fair? jared haibon: established in 1886, it is one of the oldest and largest fairs in the nation. women: howdy, folks. it's my first time at a state fair. the sheer size is impressive. tiffany derry: this is part of dallas. jared haibon: and playing tour guide for me today is celebrity chef and texas native, tiffany derry. tiffany derry in the house. no, jared's in the house at the texas state fair.

jared haibon: what does the texas state fair mean for you? for me, it's a chance to be with family and friends. we wait all year for these 24 days, and guaranteed, we're coming more than one time. this state fair is so big. i feel like 24 days is, honestly, not enough. yeah! [clapping] right here! you cannot separate livestock from texas. that cow is 12 times the size of her. this is what it's about. it's a tradition that won't be lost because of the young generations that's coming up and doing it. jared haibon: the food here is insanity. this is my first turkey leg ever. i think you did pretty good. it's not bad. i really got to get into the tender spot. i didn't know i'd be drinking at 11:00 o'clock in the morning, damn. welcome to texas, baby. man 1: we've been here 40 years now going on our third generation.

my mother, she had a passion for mexican food. when she came to dallas, she says, i want to introduce this to everyone, so they can enjoy it. in fact, people came up and said, "what is this?" and she said, "fajitas." now, we're doing something very different. last year, my sister created the cha-cha chata. oh yeah, cha-cha chata! it's a horchata dessert drink with bluebell ice cream in it. holy moly. try that. there you go. oh wow. is it the sweetest thing to touch your lips today? it's the sweetest thing to touch my lips in seven years. [laughing] [music playing] she's dancing over here. chef crispy crazy corn. oh wow, who would have thought this would go so well together?

they did. oh, my god. we are at mrs. ruth's. this is mrs. ruth right here. if you don't mind sharing with me, how old are you? ruth: i'm 90. man 2: she's the oldest active vendor in the state fair. what does the texas state fair mean to you? a whole lot of things. i was here before i could have participated. ruth: they would ride in the big, yellow school bus to dallas on what we call colored people's day. after a few years of boycotting, we were, finally, accepted in 1961. so since 1961, we have been here. so we could not walk in here and enjoy this outside of that one day? wow. here we are now. i'm proud of the fair. man 3: come on up and get a selfie. that's all i got left in me. so you get the whole thing in and drop me.

what a great way to end the day-- yeah, baby. --at the top of the texas state fair. what impressed you about the texas state fair? jared haibon: the history of the fair, the food. y'all did that. you all did that. the camaraderie and the community that this fair has, obviously, built, and also, just seeing all these different types of people come together from all different types of backgrounds. it's easy to love the texas state fair. hard to leave, easy to love. oh, thank god this thing is not going faster. because with all the food i ate, there could be some poor souls down there. we're getting off.

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♪ you wanna go where everyb[music playing]name. ♪ jared haibon: all right, this is president biden signing juneteenth into law. there you are, pumping your fist. aww, the vice president is holding your hand. i didn't even notice. opal lee: i dropped.

oh, you dropped it. i didn't even know you dropped the pen. i did. i did. i was so happy. i could burst to just know i was in the white house with the president and the vice president. i could have done a holy dance, but the kids said i'm twerking. the holy dance looks like a twerk? that's what the kids say when i do it. jared haibon: known more for her walking than her twerking, 97-year-old opal lee has put texas firmly on the map by making juneteenth this country's 11th federal holiday. i simply decided that, if a little, old lady in tennis shoes was walking about the country, talking about juneteenth, somebody would take notice. jared haibon: and take notice, they did. reporter 2: 87 degrees probably feels like 100 out there, but that is not going to stop dr. opal lee. jared haibon: having walked from fort worth to washington d.c. in an attempt to draw attention to her mission, president biden, finally,

enshrined june 19 into law to commemorate the end of slavery in the us. so you're originally from marshall, texas? opal lee: yeah. jared haibon: tell me a little bit about your childhood. oh, i didn't know what a white person looked like till i got to fort worth. my family moved here, because my dad was looking for work during the depression. well, our parents built a house on annie street, and on the 19th of june, a white mob gathered those people to that place a supper. they dragged the furniture out and burned it. they did despicable things, but our parents worked hard. they bought us another house in that same neighborhood, and that's the house that i graduated high school. jared haibon: i.m. terrell, that's where you went to school. correct?

yeah, only black high school in tarrant county. jared haibon: wow. opal lee: ms. smith was my homeroom teacher. i was a student that got decent grades. jared haibon: how do you think attending i.m. terrell shaped you? opal lee: the teachers were superb. they knew what we were going to encounter, and they prepared us for it. they never let us forget that we had to excel. jared haibon: and excel, she did as a school teacher for most of her career, but it wasn't until retiring that her real work as an activist began. ms. opal, you wanted to make juneteenth a federal holiday. how did that even begin? i met lenora rolla. she was in her 90s. the city of fort worth had asked her to record what blacks had contributed to the growth of fort worth. she couldn't find anything written,

so she started the terrell county black historical and genealogical society. i was one of its members. one of its programs was juneteenth. jared haibon: and thus began a decades long campaign, where ms. opal led two and a half mile walks across the country to symbolize the two and a half years it took for the news of freedom to reach the slaves in galveston, texas. joe biden: we're blessed to mark the day in the presence of ms. opal lee. [applause] daughter of texas, grandmother of the movement to make juneteenth a federal holiday. jared haibon: what do you want people to know about juneteenth? i want them to realize that it means freedom, and i don't mean freedom for black people. i mean, freedom for everybody. none of us are free, until we are all free. i want people to understand that they can make a difference. i hope i have. the least we can say is that you've made a difference, ms. opal. thank you. i'll keep on walking and talking.

maybe somebody will listen. i think a lot of people are listening. i love it. my toast to hollywood glam in the heart of new york city. every time i throw a dinner party here, i feel like i should take a bow. [theme music]

hi. i'm sara gore, and welcome to "open house nyc"-- eye-catching design this week in midtown, nolita, the big easy, and more. and i am bringing it all to you from this duplex penthouse right here in tribeca. located atop a landmarked cast-iron building, this home has been completely reimagined for today's luxury living. this dramatic over 5,000-square-foot four-bedroom home is most definitely designed for open air enjoyment, day or night. let's start things off in new orleans with a riddle. what do "fruitvale station," "black panther," "creed," and now "open house" have in common? academy award-winning production designer hannah beachler. her reimagined creole cottage in the irish channel section of the city is a very personal nod to hannah's