J Edgar Hoover

FBI audio of plans to destroy MLK will be released by National Archives

Published by

A call to remove J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the FBI headquarters

Published by
Dr. King FBI

Read the vicious FBI letter sent to Dr. King urging him to kill himself

Published by
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Comey chasing Clinton emails an audition for Trump’s White House

FBI Director James Comey has inserted himself into the 2016 presidential election and made himself part of the controversy.
/ November 3, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

50 years later, the Black Panthers are as relevant as ever

October 15 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense — that black revolutionary and
/ October 14, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why the assassination of Fred Hampton matters today

Fred Hampton. Say his name. On this anniversary of the slaying of the Black Panther leader in Chicago — when black people face the fight of their lives — it is important for us to understand why his life and death mean so much to us now…
/ December 4, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why the arrests of African-American ISIS suspects deserve more scrutiny

Last Tuesday, two more African-American men were arrested on federal terrorism charges for trying to join ISIS.  The FBI arrested
/ March 31, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Will Cuba extradite Assata Shakur to the US?

What’s next for Assata Shakur? With Havana’s humanitarian release of American Alan Gross — A USAID worker who had been imprisoned in
/ December 18, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

History of black surveillance influences African-American attitudes on spying

ANALYSIS – The black community has decades of experience being monitored, so this type of surveillance is nothing new…
/ June 13, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

FBI has a history of investigating the personal lives of powerful people

theGRIO REPORT – Long before the recent FBI probe of Gen. David Petraeus, leading to his resignation as CIA director, the FBI had an extensive history of investigating powerful people, including the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr., in the 1960s…
/ November 15, 2012