COINTELPRO

to justice” through his methods. The most notable case of this was shown when J. Edgar built a case against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. However, in 1971, when the RMP stole and released the files, everything he had worked for began to crumble. The COINTELPRO program, the main illegal program revealed in the stolen files, that Hoover had started, was shut down. He was placed under investigation and they discovered all of his illegal investigative methods. They shut them all down and he was…

The 60’s and 70’s was the era of Mexican American causes; they need for equality were based on the fact that they were excluded. They were poor un educated and were excluded from the national dialogue. During the early 70’s FBI and the U.S justice department did many dirty tricks to subvert the civil right and antiwar movement through sabotage, falsified testimony and they even went as far as killing leaders and organizers. Mexican American became frustrated and disillusioned with the…

The end of slavery in 1862 was supposed to signify the end of the forced free labor of African American people and their right to live freely as human beings. Unfortunately for African American people, some white Americans could not fathom the idea of black people having equally opportunities. Thus begins the cycle of never ending oppression of black people. Black codes, segregation, the influx of crack in to black communities, and the era of mass incarceration are all tell tale signs of…

A program known as COINTELPRO was used to survey and suppress the movement of many black civil rights organizations and leaders (Jalon). Law enforcement institutions were used as arrest and imprison black civil rights activists and leaders in order to jeopardize their success…

The Black Panther Party was founded in October of 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Bobby and Huey were both studying at Merritt College when they met. They created the group to fight white oppression after seeing many African Americans suffer from police brutality. They had chosen the name Black panthers because the Black Panthers didn’t strike first, “but if the aggressor strikes first, then he’ll attack.” The Black Panthers had advised a 10 point plan that had everything they wanted to…

Throughout history, African Americans have dealt the most with discrimination. For decades and to this day, they are fighting for equal rights. Blacks have had less opportunities to succeed in life and voice their opinions. Because of these on going issues, the Black Panther Party (BPP) was formed in 1966. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (later dropped ‘ for Self-Defense’) were considered the voice of those oppressed during this period of time (Trueman). Initially, the Black Panther…

Everyone knows back then blacks wasn’t treated equally, and they had no rights. The whites was horrible to them and couldn’t do anything that whites did. Some of the whites abused and rape other blacks just for fun. However in 1966 many blacks were treated wrong, however they finally stood up to the whites and created The Black Panther Party for Self Defense. In the 1960’s African Americans that live in North America was still have trouble economically and socially. These urban centres had a…

biggest example of this is COINTELPRO’s, a notorious program that focused on bringing down African American organization, assassination of fred Hampton. “They were the target of local and national police surveillance and repression by the FBI’s COINTELPRO program. In 1969, Fred Hampton, Chicago’s best known leader of the Panthers and the Rainbow Coalition was assassinated in a pre-dawn raid. The repression worked, and precious organizing energy was consumed on defense and survival” (Annotation).…

Over the past few decades, the United States has contributed to the substantial war on drugs and its impact has continued to affect many people in more than one way. Unfortunately, it is a war that has focused its efforts on the criminalization of drug use and distribution. It has certainly not eradicated the mass destruction that has been marked in communities around the United States and globally. There is an obvious correlation between drugs, racial justice, and aspects that reach beyond…

without warrant Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Church Committee also thoroughly investigated Pyle’s allegations that the Army was infiltrating civil rights and anti-war groups. Moreover, the Committee exposed the FBI Counterintelligence Operations (COINTELPRO), which had used national security as a cover-up to destroy the domestic political opposition. The Church Committee, in its final report, called for Congress…