Before gunning for JFK, Oswald targeted ex-Gen. Edwin A. Walker — and missed
Edwin Walker, anti-Communist, pro-segregation speaker, given key to city of Birmingham (March 9, 1963) (video) - al.com
Michael Beschloss on Twitter: "“Seven Days in May” was based in part on General Edwin Walker, right-wing agitator who was punished under JFK for his political activism. Someone fired a shot at