The FBI's Surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Relentless. But Its Findings Paint a Fuller Picture for Historians

The FBI's Surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Relentless. But Its Findings Paint a Fuller Picture for Historians
Time
1/18/2021
Benjamin Hedin
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Martin Luther King Jr. at the Federal Bureau of Investigation to speak with director J. Edgar Hoover, who had recently called the civil rights leader a "notorious liar". The story of the FBI's surveillance and harassment of King is explored in the new documentary 'MLK/FBI'
We know more about Martin Luther King, Jr. than we do about most historical figures. Monitored at every turn by the FBI, King’s daily activities were recorded with the sort of care and attention to detail normally reserved for occupants of the White House. For the last four and a half years of his life, from 1963 until his death in April of 1968, King lived without any semblance of privacy. His hotel rooms were bugged, his phones tapped, and his office and inner circle infiltrated by informants.

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