President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, Sr. authorized the FBI and its leader J. Edgar Hoover to target King and other civil rights leaders in a surveillance probe.
Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally at Legends Event Center on December 20, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. | Source: Rebecca Noble / Getty Likely seizing on reports that President Joe Biden has been losing support among Black voters, the Democratic Party's most loyal base, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign scheduled a roundtable discussion with Black women for this weekend. Specifically, Kennedy's event slated for Saturday night in Atlanta was publicized to the media as one that would discuss "pressing issues facing Black America," including "the Black maternal health crisis, media censorship, gender in sports, gun violence, and the advancement of Black-owned businesses." Kennedy is expected to engage in discussion with Angela Stanton King, political spokesperson and founder of non-profit Auntie Angie's House; WNBA star Angel McCoughtry; Alexia Adams, a former baske