The Ghetto Informant Program (GIP) was an intelligence-gathering operation run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1967–1973. Its official purpose was to collect information pertaining to riots and civil unrest. Through GIP, the FBI used more than 7000 people to infiltrate poor black communities in the United States. The program was targeted at those likely to … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
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Friday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
When University of Baltimore professor Joshua Clark Davis began research for his 2017 book “From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs,” he no idea he would come across a document detailing just how insidious Hoover's reign was over African American communities across the nation. While the extent of COINTELPRO's involvement with Civil Rights … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Thursday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Good Morning POU! While many believe the surveillance of black leaders began with the modern Civil Rights Movement and culminated with the Black Panther Party, the truth is, the FBI kept surveillance on black writers and academics beginning in the 1920s. The literature and music of the Harlem Renaissance, and its devotion to authentic black thought was enough to warrant … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Wednesday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Good Morning POU! Until unknown people burglarized the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, the night of March 8, 1971, there was only suspicion, not evidence, that the FBI actively worked to suppress dissent. What the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI found though, was more than just the agency working to suppress dissent, they were working to completely oppress … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Tuesday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Although initially formed to target the Communist Party U.S.A., COINTELPRO was quickly expanded to include a wide range of groups considered “subversive.” No segment had been as central to COINTELPRO operations as civil rights activists. A wider scope of the FBI’s actions, however, was not known until Congressional hearings years later. What came to light was exceptionally … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America