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Fred Hampton: House Democrat introduces bill to release COINTELPRO files on surveillance of Black Panthers CNN 3 hrs ago By Caroline Kelly, CNN © AP In this October 29, 1969, file photo, Dr. Benjamin Spock (background) listens to Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, at a rally outside a US courthouse. A Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require the government to release its decades-old records from an FBI-run covert surveillance program that monitored the Black Panthers, as well as civil rights and anti-war activists, among...

House Democrat introduces bill to release COINTELPRO files on surveillance of Black Panthers and Fred Hampton A Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require the government to release its decades-old records from an FBI-run covert surveillance program that monitored the Black Panthers, as well as civil rights and anti-war activists, among others. In addition to requiring the release of files from COINTELPRO, or the Counter-Intelligence Program, within six months of enactment, the bill would remove the name of J. Edgar Hoover — who oversaw the FBI during the program —...

Fifty Years Ago, Activists Burgled the FBI and Exposed Its Undemocratic Abuses On March 8, 1971, a group of New Left activists executed a daring burglary of an FBI field office in Pennsylvania, exposing the bureau’s COINTELPRO operations against the civil rights movement. The Federal Bureau of Investigation. Photo: iPhoneDigital, CC BY 2.0/Flickr History13/Mar/2021 On March 8, 1971, much of the nation was transfixed by the “Fight of Century” between Joe Fraiser and Muhammed Ali, both undefeated. Or at least that’s what eight anti-war activists were counting on. The acti...

Rep. Steve Cohen has reintroduced a bill that calls for J. Edgar Hoover’s name to be removed from the FBI building after seeing ‘Judas and the Black Messiah.’

Judas And The Black Messiah Counters Decades Of Lies About The Black Panther Party "Judas," directed by Shaka King, who wrote the script with Will Berson, from a story by Keith Lucas and Kenneth Lucas, is a contender in the Oscar races. ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Counters Decades of Lies About Black Panthers (Image Credit: IMBb) LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Aside from being well-made and effective as a movie, Warner Bros.’ “Judas and the Black Messiah” has a goal: to counter decades of government lies about the Black Panther Party. Advertisement The party was founded by Huey New...