The Federal Bureau of Investigation, which once conducted targeted surveillance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other activists during the civil rights movement, caused a firestorm on social media after posting a tribute honoring the iconic leader. 'Today, the FBI honors the life and work of
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, which once conducted targeted surveillance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other activists during the civil rights movement, caused a firestorm on social media after posting a tribute honoring the iconic leader.
If we let the government whitewash history, we risk letting abuses repeat themselves.https://t.co/CTK1mukQCf — Richard Eskow January 20, 2020 Clayborne Carson, a professor of history at Stanford University and the founding director of the university's Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, told ABC News on Tuesday that the FBI has a"sordid and regrettable history of surveillance and dirty tricks against Martin Luther King" -- one that was part of a pattern in the bureau's treatment of civil rights activists.
Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Temple University and an activist, criticized the FBI for continuing to memorialize Hoover. The report was seen by civil rights groups as targeting Black Lives Matter activists and seeking to de-legitimize protests against police brutality.
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