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This documentary explores the lives and deaths of people targeted by the US government's COINTELPRO program, an FBI launched program aimed against organized efforts by African Americans to gain rights guaranteed by our constitution.
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- Documentary
- Deb Ellis, Denis Mueller
- 1990-01-01
The FBI’s War on Black America is a documentary exploration of the lives and deaths of people targeted by the U.S. government’s COINTELPRO program, an FBI launched program aimed against organized efforts by African-Americans to gain rights guaranteed by our constitution.
Dec 17, 2014 · The documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and...
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- Peace Has No Borders
The FBI's War on Black America looks at a dark period in our country's history, an exploration of the lives and deaths of people targeted by the US government's COINTELPRO, an FBI program aimed against organized efforts by African-Americans to gain rights guaranteed by our constitution.
- 50 min
- ‘A Double Evil’
- Fanning The Flames
- Staying One Step Ahead
One of the biggest lessons contained in the documents is abundantly clear: Whatever you do, don’t let them think you’re a communist. For Hoover, an Ahab-type character in pursuit of his cursed whale, the mere whiff of such leanings could trigger the dirtiest of tricks in the FBI’s arsenal. “No holds were barred,” said assistant FBI director William...
One of the primary targets for COINTELPRO’s fear-mongering was the Black Panther Party, the revolutionary Black rights group founded in Oakland in 1966. Just two years later, Hoover called the Panthers “the greatest threat to the internal security of the country.” The FBI responded in full force, spreading ominous rumors to incite the group to viol...
Fast-forward to 2020, and the hypocrisy is still rampant. COINTELPRO operations officially ended in the ’70s, when an FBI office was burglarized and details of the program were exposed to the public. But its legacy is alive and well. In 2017, amid widespread Black Lives Matter protests, a leaked report from the FBI’s counterterrorism unitdefined th...
This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's.
The FBI's War on Black America looks at a dark period in our country's history, an exploration of the lives and deaths of people targeted by the US government's COINTELPRO, an FBI program aimed against organized efforts by African-Americans to gain rights guaranteed by our constitution.
