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Congressman Bobby Rush Introduces Legislation to Disclose COINTELPRO Records The bill would also eradicate J. Edgar Hoovers name from FBI headquarters. Hoover was head of the FBI when its counterintelligence program was involved in Fred Hamptons assassination. Congressman Bobby Rush | Photo by Ralf-Finn Hestoft/Corbis via Getty Images Congressman Bobby Rush introduced legislation yesterday that would disclose records from the Counterintelligence Program, known as COINTELPRO. The ...

Legislation from Rep. Bobby L. Rush seeks to force public answers about Hampton’s killing by Chicago police and the bureau’s surveillance of U.S. citizens decades ago.

The new film, directed by Shaka King, stars Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya.

Final Call News This year the Nation of Islam celebrated its annual Saviours’ Day Convention. It was the Nation’s first virtual convention. One of the major sessions at each annual convention is the International Workshop. According to the workshop’s facilitator, NOI International Representative Abdul Akbar Muhammad, the yearly workshop is designed to highlight the work of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and Nation of Islam “not only in America but outside of America as well.” ...

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Today, we will spend the rest of the hour unraveling one of the great mysteries of the Vietnam War era. On March 8th, 1971, a group of eight activists, including a cab driver, a daycare director and two professors, broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, and stole every document they found. The activists, calling themselves the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, soon began leaking shocking details...

Check out all of our Black History Month coverage Catch up on stories of untold history and fascinating people.     African American Heritage Association president Gwendolyn Reese, Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum executive director Terri Lipsey Scott and principal dancer Calvin Royal III. [ JOHN PENDYGRAFT, MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE, and courtesy of Calvin Royal III ] Tampa Bay Times reporters and photographers have been committed to sharing Black History Month stories. We’...

Tampa Bay civil rights leader knows, 50 years later, that he was targeted by FBI The FBI surveilled Askia Muhammad Aquil — then known as Otha Favors — as part of its Counterintelligence Program of domestic organizations.     Askia Muhammad Aquil looks back on his life as a community activist. He is shown here outside of his office Campbell Park in St. Petersburg. [ BOYZELL HOSEY | TIMES | Tampa Bay Times ] ST. PETERSBURG — Fifty years ago, Askia Muhammad Aquil was ac...

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Is an Urgent, Must-See Biopic A stirring ‘power to the people’ film depicts the FBI’s persecution of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. Director/co-writer Shaka King’s thrilling Judas and the Black Messiah explosively dramatizes the struggle of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya) and the FBI’s persecution of Hampton and the Black Panther Party. Threatened by the charismatic, fearless Hampton and the...

Jay-Z collaborated with the late, legendary Nipsey Hussle for one of the tracks on the upcoming biopic Judas and the Black Messiah

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today.Donate A highly anticipated new feature film, “Judas and the Black Messiah,” tells the story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and William O’Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the Illinois Black Panther Party to collect information that ultimately led to Hampton’s killing in 1969 by law enforcement officers. The film is premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and stars Daniel Kaluuya as Hampton, LaKeith Stanfield as ...