Continued Anonymous FBI mailings were also sent to public officials and persons whose help might sway public opinion against the BPP. In December 1969, the FBI mailed Bureau-reproduced copies of BPP “Seasons Greetings” cards to ten FBI field offices 120 with the following instructions: Enclosed for each office are 20 copies of reproductions of three […]
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The FBI’s Covert Program To Destroy the Black Panther Party – I
Introduction In August 1967, the FBI initiated a covert action program — COINTELPRO — to disrupt and “neutralize” organizations which the Bureau characterized as “Black Nationalist Hate Groups.” 1 The FBI memorandum expanding the program described its goals as: 1. Prevent a coalition of militant black nationalist groups…. 2. Prevent the rise of a messiah […]
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