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IOn December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton was killed in his sleep during a police raid. For years, the government called it a "shootout." But in 1971, a daring burglary of an FBI field office revealed the terrifying truth: it was part of a secret war.
In this video, we investigate the stolen files that exposed COINTELPRO—J. Edgar Hoover's illegal program to "neutralize" Black leaders. From the suicide letter sent to Martin Luther King Jr. to the assassination of Fred Hampton, these documents proved the government was conspiring against its own citizens to prevent the "Rise of a Black Messiah."
This video investigates the "Secret War" revealed by the 1971 Media, Pennsylvania burglary. While the heist itself was a perfect crime, the real story is what the burglars found inside: The COINTELPRO files.
WANT MORE TRUE CRIME & CORRUPTION? This video is a collaboration with my brand new channel, American Underbelly. If you want to see the dark side of American history. the crimes, the conspiracies, and the cover-ups they don't teach in school.
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THE SOURCES & BOOKS
The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Domestic Dissent by Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall.
The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. by David J. Garrow
Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party by Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall
The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI by Betty Medsger
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IOn December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton was killed in his sleep during a police raid. For years, the government called it a "shootout." But in 1971, a daring burglary of an FBI field office revealed the terrifying truth: it was part of a secret war.
In this video, we investigate the stolen files that exposed COINTELPRO—J. Edgar Hoover's illegal program to "neutralize" Black leaders. From the suicide letter sent to Martin Luther King Jr. to the assassination of Fred Hampton, these documents proved the government was conspiring against its own citizens to prevent the "Rise of a Black Messiah."
This video investigates the "Secret War" revealed by the 1971 Media, Pennsylvania burglary. While the heist itself was a perfect crime, the real story is what the burglars found inside: The COINTELPRO files.
WANT MORE TRUE CRIME & CORRUPTION? This video is a collaboration with my brand new channel, American Underbelly. If you want to see the dark side of American history. the crimes, the conspiracies, and the cover-ups they don't teach in school.
Subscribe right now.
SUBSCRIBE TO AMERICAN UNDERBELLY HERE: youtube.com/@UCMP3fc9Zag8y5rHluD_WQog
THE SOURCES & BOOKS
The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Domestic Dissent by Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall.
The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. by David J. Garrow
Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party by Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall
The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI by Betty Medsger
Audio Onemichistory.com
Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history
Follow me on Substack: onemicblackhistorypodcast.substack.com
Follow me on Threads: threads.net/@onemic_history
Please support our Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=25697914
Buy me a Coffee buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m
