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It has been 50 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The newspaper front pages documenting that fall day on Nov. 22, 1963, and the days of national mourning that followed, reveal the shock and grief that rippled across the nation.

Click through the slideshow above to view how Kennedy’s assassination was covered in U.S. newspapers. From the New York Times to the Boston Globe, from extra editions on the shooting to special reports on the days that followed, papers from across the country provided readers with the latest information.