Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Great to have you all here. Welcome to the museum news eums theater. We are partners with the fbi for wes special program as celebrate one hundred years of African American special agents. We will honor their history, their service, and looked toward the future. Seum has enjoyed working with the fbi. Exhibit today examines how the bureau is riding terror and cybercrime fighting terror and cybercrime. I want to give a warm welcome to many current and former fbi agents in the room and as always, i very warm welcome to our visitors and our members. Thank you for your support. Introduceleasure to the fbi associate director paul bate. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. What an amazing day. Thank you, john, and to the newseum, for hosting this event. And thank you for the fbi up us vias office of inclusion to organize thishelp event today. Its a privilege to be one small part of the 100th Year Anniversary of the hiring and entry on duty of the first africanamerican fbi special agent James Wormley jones, and to recognize the enduring and ongoing achievements of the many fbi special agents who followed in sa joness footsteps. Our service, yesterday, today, and tomorrow and i would like to take a few moments to reflect on that theme and the meaning it carries. When special agent jones joined forfbi, he charted a course youts like john amos to joined in 1940 one. They paved the way for many africanamerican special agents who followed, including agents who joined in 1962 under the first formalized new agents Training Program at quantico. Leadwould go on to phenomenally successful and highly accomplished careers in the fbi. Barrow agents lewis and opened the doors for one of d. Ays panelists, dr. John glover, who achieved a series of first in the fbi, but i will repeat them again. Assistantcanamerican special agent in charge him bureau history, newark, 1976. First africanamerican special milwaukee,arge, 1979, and atlanta, 1980. First assistant director of the Inspection Division in 1982, and first africanamerican executive assistant director, administration, having achieved that rank and position in 1986. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir, dr. Glover, for all you have done. [applause] separately, and tragically, woodruffgent edwin r. Became the first africanamerican agent to lose his life in the pursuit of duty here in the d. C. Area. This anniversary gives us the opportunity to remember essay woodruff, hisa family, and it is a chance to reflect on his sacrifice, giving his life to protect others. In 1976, a strong, determined young lawyer became the fbis first female africanamerican special agent. Sylvia mathis step forward and broke down Major Barriers in the fbi at a time when integration of women was progressing at an unacceptably slow pace. Wayial agent mathis led the for the growth of diversity and advancement of women in the organization, all the while curing of the mission in a highly effective way and leading the way for other africanamerican special agents jenniferynda barry, and many, many others who followed. Sadly, special agent mathis passed away in 1983 at the far too early age of 34 in an automobile accident. She will never be forgotten either and this anniversary gives us, likewise, the opportunity to remember and celebrate her once again for who she was, everything she accomplished, and everything she did for others, for the fbi, and for the nation. , while progress has been made, regrettably and sadly, the discrimination, the challenges, and struggles africanamericans face are reflected in the history of the fbi. In 1991, africanamerican special agents brought what is known as the badge lawsuit against the fbi for discrimination and discriminatory practices. That lawsuit ultimately change the way the fbi addressed issues unfairness, not only in agent ranks, but for staff employees across the organization. Those outcomes reflect the universal and essential principle we all live by, and the right thing is for every individual, no matter who they are, no matter where they come from, should be treated fairly and equally with the dignity and respect inside a Great Organization come across the bureau family, and externally all the great people we work with, and every Single Member of the public we serve, always and in all ways. That led to much needed change at the fbi. It has made the organization stronger and better, then and now and for the future. ,ver the last 100 years africanamerican special agents of many investigations of the fbis most significant cases. Thatreflect africanamerican special agents have been at the forefront of preventing, disrupting terrorism, civil rights offenses, human trafficking, foreign intelligence adversaries, cybercrime, and countering many, many other threats we face. Keepingcting people in the nation safe for the past 100 years and currently today. Furthermore there is a cadre of africanamerican special agents working and leaving at the highest levels of leadership in fbi and i want to name them. They are exceptional individuals. They include special agent in charge pair return or of the houston field service. I will note perry is our sac, if youving count the time he spent in louisville. Special agent morgan, las vegas criminal division. Charge meyersin of the memphis field office. Ofcial agent in charge noris the columbia, field office. Deputy assistant director and denver, calvin shivers. Special agent in charge brian turner of the new haven tilde office. And special agent in charge bowie junior of the chicago field up us. Field office. He is the first africanamerican great chicagoe field office. Amazing example of where we need to be in the broader and higher level representation that is hard to achieve within the organization. To continue to combat the complex and evolving threats we face and fulfill our mission in the most effective a ways effective ways possible, we need to recruit from all walks of life, those who embody the four values of the fbi, which include fairness, integrity, accountability, leadership, and importantly diversity. We are aggressively and proactively recruiting africanamerican special agents as people of diverse that grounds, and our field offices continue to reach out to and across a wide range of groups, including historically black colleges and universities and communitybased organizations. Agencyan resources developed the program to continue to attract diverse candidates and we are also working hard to make sure every member of the fbi family feels welcome, included, valued for who they are and what they bring to the table. We need to strive hard and recharge continually, always toward the idea of inclusion for all. Need everyones help with that. Without saying that recruitment is everyones job in the fbi. Those of us who served currently and all of you who served in the past. You are out there in the communities and you know what it in the fbi and to serve the american people. You know we need to continue to reflect our communities to build trust and effectively carry out our mission. I would ask when you encounter strong candidates, that i know many, many of you are already are doing this, individuals who would represent the fbi in a way you would want them to, you encourage them to consider the fbi as a career option. We all need to work hard, partnering together in a sustained and persistent manner to continue to blaze a trail now , because everyone who has worked here in the fbi knows that theres no better people, no greater mission, no more wonderful place to work. Any anniversary, but especially a milestone like this one, is an opportunity to reflect on the history, the work, and the evolution of our organization. Its an opportunity to think and onhere we need to be wray, who director we heard from earlier, and myself, you have our promise to continue to promote, to represent, to recruit, to sponsor all People Fairly and equally and lead the organization in the right way and in the right direction, now and in the future, especially when it comes to diversity. So i say thank you again to the the office well as of Public Affairs and the office all diversity and inclusion, for helping us commemorate this milestone anniversary. I want to close by thanking all of you for your loyal and dedicated service to the fbi and to our country. I want to thank you for being here today and i hope you enjoy the rest of these celebratory events here and over the weekend. Now, i am honored to introduce a friend of mine i have worked with him a couple times before our moderator, cbs news jeff pegues. [applause] i have to tell you a little bit about jeff before we bring him out. He joined cbs in july 2013 and reports on all cbs news platforms. Since joining cbs, he has led coverage of some of the most important and notable stories of the last decade. He is one of the most respected and informed voices on issues arising between communities of color and police and Law Enforcement. He has reported extensively on Police Actions and related Justice Department investigation stemming from incidents in baltimore, ferguson, and across the country. He has authored a book on the issue entitled black and blue inside the divide between police and the community. He has local anderous National Emmy award nominations. , he was a member of the cbs news team which her which earned and edward r. Murrow award. And i have to say this we have the honor and privilege of being joined by his wonderful parents, betty and joseph. Thank you for being your today. [applause] thank you for being here today. [applause] [laughter] jeff thank you very much, paul. Thank you for the introduction and especially mentioning my parents. That will really help with thanksgiving in a few weeks. Maybe i will get that big piece of turkey at some point. Its good to be her. I have been preparing for this since the fbi asked me to do this. Its good to be here. I prepared my remarks. I got in my uber. I like to put my headphones on, mine my own business, and the uber driver says, so, where are you going . Ok. Im going to the newseum. Why . I said, well, i am doing this thing, the fbi, its about black fbi agents. What . Black fbi agents . Yeah, black fbi agents. He was surprised. I was not really surprised he was surprised. You probably arent either. But it just it made me sort backuckle because looking and i have had to do my research preparing for this inre was James Wormley jones 1919. I didnt know that. He didnt want to believe it, the uber driver. James wormley jones. Met john glover. Up in covering the fbi of today, i had not really looked back on the fbi of the past. So, thats one thing. The other thing is, when they , i would noto this be doing my job if i didnt say, yeah, but are you going to talk about what the numbers are now . And they could have brushed off that question. But i respect the fact that they dealt with it. And i was told, listen. You cant look to the future until you look back at the mistakes of the past. I appreciate that. So, thats where we are going to begin this conversation and thats what i wanted to be. A conversation. We will talk to many of our legends of the past who are with us today. Yes, i said legends. John chuckled a little bit over there. And the legends of the future. I called them trailblazers, because thats what i think they are. John glover began his career with the fbi in 1966. He would rise through the bureau to become the executive assistant director for administration at fbi headquarters. The fbi as the highestranking africanamerican leader. Please welcome john glover. [applause] good to see you. Barry, the second africanamerican woman to join the fbi, during which she would remain the only africanamerican woman. Ry. Ase welcome linda bar [applause] johnny may mild and bright. Right. Malden bright. She was also a trailblazer. She assisted in the investigation of the jones cell massacre. Her life and work as a special agent inspired a made for television movie. Johnnie may. E [applause] karen jurden, started out as a special agent with the fbi in 2004. She is currently a special agent with Operation Rescue me and the endangered child alert program. Please welcome karen jurden. [applause] hadley etienne. Since been with the fbi 2005. He has investigated Violent Crime and major offenders as part of the putative Bank Robbery Task force and has worked in the major cybercrime squad. 2015 he was promoted to supervisory special agent. Hadley etienne. D ok. Lets talk. Im going to start with john glover. You, firstto ask about the history. Tell me about him. Became an fbi agent. He actually did not become an fbi agent until he was 35 years old. The fbi had not formed then, so this was the precursor organization to the fbi. But jones attended Virginia University in richmond. Then he joined the Washington Metropolitan Police department, was a foot patrolman, moved through the ranks to motorcycle man and then to detective. He resigned from the metropolitan Police Department and he joined the military, the segregated army, as it was referred to at the time in history. He became a captain, and a relatively short period of time, learning explosives and a number of things. But he led a particular charge in the Northeast Corner of france during world war i. His troops rousted the germans out of a stronghold they had held for four years. Underequipped. Not well trained. Soldiers. As military history records it, ditch by ditch, trench by trench, and rested them out. They took a lot of heavy casualties, but they fought with valor, and jones survived. He returned. In december of 1919, he joined the precursor to the fbi, reporting directly to j. Edgar hoover. Jeff wasnt he the son of former slaves . Dr. Glover that is correct, yes. Jeff why do you think hoover chose him . Dr. Glover it is interesting i dont know how the two got together, how he became interested in the fbi. But he is the kind of guy i would look for. I dont care what i was doing, if i was with a fellow with that kind of previous Law Enforcement experience, that kind of military, distinctive military experience, that is the kind of person you are going to look for. It worked out. I dont know if hoover sought he sought the fbi, but they ended up working together. Jeff you know, at that time, many of the African Americans who came in James Wormley jones, he was working undercover. Dr. Glover he worked primarily undercover. He was targeted. Jeff he was what . Dr. Glover he was targeted at Marcus Garvey. Jeff what does that mean . He was focused on Marcus Garvey . Dr. Glover Marcus Garvey was very prominent in harlem. He had created an organization of some notoriety, which some people viewed as subversive. So in this unit in which mr. Hoover was the young attorney, on what is kind of subversive or antisubversive unit so the targeting of individuals at that time was looking for subversive activity. It was also 1919 was the rise of communism, so there were some communist movements up in new york as well. So it worked out in that way. Jeff you talk about subversives, right . Marcus garvey at that time when i was doing my research for a piece that will eventually air on cbs news about this particular topic, hoover was launched investigations into Marcus Garvey, mlk. We know that. So that is the image that a lot of people in the black community have about the fbi. Would you agree with that, john . Dr. Glover i would agree with that, yes. A lot of people see it is not only the fbi. It is Law Enforcement in general. If you look back at the long history of Law Enforcement as it impacted the Africanamerican Community, from slavery, jim crow, through the civil rights era, Law Enforcement played a role in that. The Africanamerican Community viewed it as negative. Jeff and yet youve joined, 1966. Dr. Glover that is correct. Jeff i saw the class photo, graduating from quantico. I was looking at the photograph, and i see that one black face, and that was you. Dr. Glover that is correct, yes. Jeff why did you join at that time, given the history of the black community in the fbi . What made you want to become an fbi agent . Dr. Glover long story. First of all, i think i was looking for Something Different to do. I was a teacher and coach in miami, florida. I wanted to expand my horizons. I started to look around for things to do. I was introduced to an fbi agent, and he gave me a pamphlet. The pamphlet was called 99 facts about the fbi. I started looking at it and i developed an interest in it. The more i researched, the more interested i became in it, and then i found out that there was a very strong component of excellent performance in the fbi. So the fbi was more than its negative perception in the Africanamerican Community. This was a firstclass outfit, and i wanted to be part of the firstclass outfit. I was drawn to Law Enforcement. Then gradually from teaching, and the fbi is the epitome of Law Enforcement not only in the country, but in the world, and i wanted to be part of the best. Jeff linda, what about you . Im going to get my notes, but what about you . Why did you want to join . Did you look at the fbi in the same way that john has just outlined, or did you have a different view . Linda i had a different view. Jeff what was your view . Linda my view was i would never get into the fbi. [laughter] jeff why did you feel that way . Linda i was in biology, working in a molecular biology lab. Jeff you were a scientist . Linda i was a scientist and you do the same experiment for three years in a row. Jeff you got bored . Linda yeah, i cant do thi