Whos gonna peep BETs American Gangster on J. Edgar Hoover & Cointelpro?
I’m not a big BET fan anymore, but I wanna peep this. Does anybody know when this episode will air? — J. EDGAR HOOVER & COINTELPRO / TBD The first and most famous director of the FBI consolidated his power through a combination of brilliant public relations moves and compromising personal files he kept on politicians who held his fate in their hands. Positioned as an avowed and implacable enemy of Communism, Hoover was often at odds with left-leaning Black leaders throughout his reign, including Marcus Garvey and Paul Robeson. During the tumultuous ’60s decade, Hoover went further, undertaking a virtual counter-revolution against the civil rights movement — with particular venom directed at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — and ultimately enabling the Bureau to employ blackmail, smear campaigns, “dirty tricks,” and even armed attacks on several leaders. The most notorious bureau program was the Counter Intelligence Program, or COINTELPRO, which was formed to investigate and undermine “s
