![]() ![]() The objective, according to an FBI memo: to “expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize” the radical fight for Black rights - and Black power.ĭetails of that sabotage plaster internal FBI records, with thousands of pages scattered across a medley of databases. (The Bancroft Library, San Francisco Call Bulletin Collection, BANC PIC 1959.010-NEG, Part 3, Box 201, ) Malcolm X was one of many activists targeted by the FBI. In 1967, the FBI quietly unleashed a covert surveillance operation targeting “subversive” civil rights groups and Black leaders, including the Black Panther Party, Martin Luther King Jr., Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and many others. The status quo - hallowed by hate, sanctioned by Jim Crow - was beginning to crack.īehind the scenes, Hoover’s Federal Bureau of Investigation was keeping watch. ![]()
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