COINTELPRO

Panther Party: Platform"). However, the violence condoned by the BPP was not supported by the government and authorities. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had a program called the Counter Intelligence Program (also known by its portmanteau COINTELPRO) that worked to neutralize the Black Panther Party. The definition of neutralize, according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “to stop someone or something from being effective or harmful”

Created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), COINTELPRO, a secret program to undermine the popular increase which swept the country during the 1960s. Though the name stands for "Counterintelligence Program," the targets were not enemy spies but political groups. The FBI’s main objective was to eliminate "radical" political opposition inside the US such as the Ku Klux Klan(KKK) and The Black Panther Party(BPP). When they failed at repressing these groups using traditional modes such as exposure

This Counter Intelligence Program - the name shortened to COINTELPRO - was launched by the FBI in August of 1956, a decade prior to their involvement with the Black Panther Party. The primary goal of this program was to survey, permeate, discredit, and dismantle groups that were domestic political organizations.

Power can be a good thing, but too much power can be scary. J Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the FBI who was authoritative in all he did. He was known for accomplishing many things while in office. J Edgar Hoover was a revolutionary figure known for his power and influence in the FBI. He grew up in a family of people in government, which brought him closer to wanting a career in government. He wanted to be in politics, so he took action. He worked for the Library of Congress after high school

Although many citizens criticized the FBI’s highly contentious investigation of the Democratic presidential nominee Secretary Clinton during the 2016 election, the Bureau is no stranger to controversial involvement with political movements. Originally created to protect the United States from foreign intelligence threats, the FBI interpreted their creation as a mandate to mobilize against communist sympathizers and extremists who threatened Democracy. Specifically, the years between 1956 and 1971

Many Americans have the good fortune to be brought up believing that they can trust their governmental system. Unfortunately, the American Dream of an unbiased judicial, executive, and legislative branch cannot be equally accessed by all Americans. Some parents find it is necessary to dispel the myth of the American Dream for their children, to protect their young minds from future mental strife and in some cases to protect their bodies from future physical harm. This is a reality in our country

Nation of Islam all had recognized the same issues, but did not have a consistent approach on how to address them. The Black Panther Party drew attention from the FBI as a “Black Nationalist – Hate Group” under the Counterintelligence program (Cointelpro). Some of their actions forced lawmakers to make a change, but not exactly in favor of the Panthers. Politicians were not the only one’s affected by the Black Panther movement; the black communities in which they were based received programming

Desperately clinging to the “southern-way of living,” ex-Confederates in Mississippi’s enacted Black Codes to codify the excessive arrests of the black man and preserve a system that viciously resembled slavery. Caught up in his economic interest, the white man halted the progress that so many had worked for, reshaping the American criminal justice system to provide legal covers for terror against African Americans and to preserve black inferiority. In the mid-1800s, if African Americans refused

The civil rights movement in the South was a time of blood, tears, and victory for the African American Community. While it was a victorious time when it came to end, it came with a price. Thousands of Americans stood in harms way in order to ensure that one day race would have nothing to do with whether or not somebody could use a public restroom, sit and have a cup of coffee or be able to vote for a candidate they believed would be the right choice to help serve their country. There was a long

The Black Panther Party for Self Defence, later renamed ‘The Black Panther Party' was created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966 in Oakland. The purpose of the party was to protect minorities, primarily African Americans, by patrolling neighborhoods looking for instances of police brutality. The party was created after the ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka because economic and social inequality continued and limited the opportunities African Americans have. This along with the