MLK And The FBI

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jan 16, 2023

 [REBROADCAST FROM Dec 22, 2022 and Jan 14, 2021] J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage's book is called G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. She explains the infamous FBI director's conflation of the civil rights movement with communist espionage. Then, award-winning director Sam Pollard talks about his film, MLK/FBI, and some of the documents he was able to obtain that shed light on the Bureau's interest in King's movement.

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