The FBI's War on Black America
- 1990
- 53m
★ 8.0 TMDB Rating · 2 votes
Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a Black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a Black Messiah"?
- Director
- Denis Mueller, Deb Ellis
- Release date
- Jan 1, 1990
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United States
Cast of The FBI's War on Black America
H. Rap Brown
Self
Kwame Ture
Self
Eldridge Cleaver
Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Cleaver
Self
Fred Hampton
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Huey P. Newton
Self (archive footage)
Geronimo Pratt
Self
Bobby Rush
Self
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