Join Sara and Sydney this week for Cointelpro, a covert and illegal FBI program that targeted activists, dissidents and social justice movements from the 1950s through 70s. Could there still be such a program today?
Sources for this episode:
https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro
https://www.britannica.com/event/COINTELPRO
https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/fred-hampton
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/malcolm-x
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination
https://www.biography.com/activist/medgar-evers
https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/chicago-seven
https://www.aclu.org/other/cointelpro-and-history-domestic-spying
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-fbis-war-on-black-america/
https://www.history.com/news/the-fbis-covert-program-to-destroy-the-black-panther-party
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