Roundtree, who died in at the age of , grew up in the Jim Crow South and worked her way up to become a civil rights champion who broke several racial and gender barriers throughout her life. That Roundtree, an African American woman, was able to get a poor, black man acquitted of murdering a very rich, white woman was a historic achievement, especially in s America, a period of immense civil unrest.
It's how the trajectories of Meyer's and Roundtree's lives aligned, even though the two women never met, that interested O'Brien. She wanted to make these women—not the men around them—the focus, something that hasn't been done for the past 50 years.
Yet historically they've been moved off the center," she says. There's a telling moment that O'Brien recounts in the first episode: a police officer examining Meyer's dead body at the crime scene proceeds to make a comment about how pretty she is. As for those conspiracy theories, O'Brien does address them.
But "Murder on the Towpath" goes far deeper into the layers. It's a true crime story about two compelling, strong, and independent women, plus history, mystery, and a lot of twists and turns.
The Scene. Type keyword s to search. Robert L. Top ten handcrafted Irish gifts for your loved ones this Christmas. Was John F. Kennedy were one of the most talked about rumored affairs of the Camelot era that ended in the tragic death of Meyer in an execution-style shooting. IrishCentral Staff. Nov 23, President John F.
Read more. IrishCentral History Love Irish history? Subscribe to IrishCentral. Read this next Travel. Travel Dine with an Irish view in - the best food experiences across Ireland. Most Read Most Recent. Nevertheless, Meyer had turned to art to survive grief before, and she retreated even more into painting. In the year afterward, her work was included in her first world-touring exhibition, organized by the Pan American Union.
She died before it opened in Buenos Aires. The paint is synthetic, giving it a different luster than oil. This serene painting, one of the last that Mary Pinchot Meyer completed, says nothing of her beauty, of her lovers, of her lost son, of her pilgrimages to heal, or her anger and grief over the death of John F.
It is the key to no conspiracy or murder, even her own. But it speaks volumes to the time she lived in, its revolutions and longings for unity, and to a woman who pursued her truth until her last breath.
Advertisers: Contact Us. Privacy Policy. June 5, By Maria Hummel. Via Counterpoint. When the alleged killer finally went to trial in , he was acquitted as the result of unusually skillful courtroom work by his pro bono attorney.
Later—in many cases, decades later—it became clear that the man arrested for the killing had been elaborately framed. Why all the skullduggery surrounding the murder of a Washington socialite, you might ask? Well, it transpired that Mary had been sleeping with JFK for several years, and the two were in love with each other. JFK was a sex addict and continued having sex with an untold number of other women, but Mary was special. By he was planning to divorce Jackie on leaving the White House and marry Mary.
Mary came from a family of suffragists and pacifists and was unalterably opposed to war. In fact, he was already engaged in secret negotiations with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev about a test ban treaty and other confidence-building measures that, they agreed in writing, would lead to an end to the Cold War. He had also dispatched a personal envoy to Cuba who was meeting with Fidel Castro about similar measures on the day he was murdered. And, weeks before his assassination, JFK issued an executive order to bring back 1, troops from Vietnam in and all the rest by All this has been documented.
She was close to many prominent CIA officials, including her ex-husband and Jim Angleton, who had been the godfather of their three sons. Mary had been making the rounds in Washington and elsewhere, asking questions about the assassination and making no secret of her suspicions.
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