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From this Link COINTELPRO (an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert, and often illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States. The FBI u

The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a classic film that was thought by many to be to revolutionary for mainstream viewing audiences when it was first released in 1973. The film was quickly removed from theaters for that same reason. The fictional story is about the first Black Man recruited to become a

There was a time in America when Black politicians spoke truth to power and were willing to clearly identify with the racial identity of their community. This was a time when being “post-racial” was not an option. Immediately after  the Civil Rights Movement, Shirley Chisholm rose to a position wher

Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). He was killed in his apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO), in conjunction with the Chi