America has always been shaped by voices—voices that comfort, voices that challenge, voices that disrupt, voices that lead. Some voices rise for a moment and fall into the background. Others leave marks that last generations. And some, tragically, are cut short by violence. Few events shake a nation as deeply as the silencing of its leaders. When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the shock rippled across every state, every living room, every American heart. When Dr.