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edgar hoover called the party "the greatest threat to internal security" and ordered surveillance topose, disrupt, misdirect, discdit, or otherwise neutralize" the black panthers. tensions with local police led to deadly clashes. in chicago, a police raid killed rising party star fred hampton and party member mark clark. in 1982, the federal government paid $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the fbi had a role in the chicago raid. plagued by internal disputes and power struggles, the party was essentially defunct by the late 1970's. it was formally disbanded in 1982. >> no justice -- >> no peace. john: but many see parts of s legacy living on today in groups like black lives matter. party members were among the first to openly challenge police violence, often converging on the scene when offers stopped young black men on the streets. donna murch is an associate professor of history at rutgers university and the author of "living for the citymigration, education and the rise of the black panther party in oakland, california." donna, from your perspective, what is the great
edgar hoover called the party "the greatest threat to internal security" and ordered surveillance topose, disrupt, misdirect, discdit, or otherwise neutralize" the black panthers. tensions with local police led to deadly clashes. in chicago, a police raid killed rising party star fred hampton and party member mark clark. in 1982, the federal government paid $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the fbi had a role in the chicago raid. plagued by internal disputes and...
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there was civil rights action that could have been pursued by j edgar hoover but had a five year statute of limitations. that expired but he had a theory that allow the fbi to step in and investigate on behalf of the state to determine whether there was anything that could have been brought by the state against anybody who had not already been tried but who could be held accountable for the murder. the murder has no statute of limitations. the other piece that ties these questions together is kidnapping. at the time of emmett's lynching, kidnapping also was a capital offense. that was in mississippi and the two killers were brought to a grand jury separate from the murder trial on kidnapping and the grand jury voted not to issue an indictment. the whole system was corrupted in their favor. by the time the investigation was launched in 2004 and reopened in 2017 and we became more actively involved, a lot of the evidence had become obscured , the people in 1955 had covered up so much of it that it was difficult to bring any new charges. host: what was the justification at the time for not
there was civil rights action that could have been pursued by j edgar hoover but had a five year statute of limitations. that expired but he had a theory that allow the fbi to step in and investigate on behalf of the state to determine whether there was anything that could have been brought by the state against anybody who had not already been tried but who could be held accountable for the murder. the murder has no statute of limitations. the other piece that ties these questions together is...
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j j edgar hoover was very much against the incarcerate in the fbi.there were voices within federal government. hoover the best known you, the attorney general, francis biddle, initially was opposed it, and he had a couple of young aides who were fighting very hard against it bitterly at a certain capitulated and was sort of tried to wash his hands of it and never told fdr that it would be unconstitutional. and so but but but in terms of the the kind of security perspective, you're absolutely right. j edgar hoover was very strongly against it. and there was other evidence. you know, the war department claim there had been signaling to shore from ships which showed and that they were probably from japanese. and this showed the dangers and the federal communication commission told the justice department very explicitly this false. we have extensive records of this. this simply did not happen. and yet it was one of the things that the war department relied upon. but the second lesson that i think is also very important to take away from this is that when
j j edgar hoover was very much against the incarcerate in the fbi.there were voices within federal government. hoover the best known you, the attorney general, francis biddle, initially was opposed it, and he had a couple of young aides who were fighting very hard against it bitterly at a certain capitulated and was sort of tried to wash his hands of it and never told fdr that it would be unconstitutional. and so but but but in terms of the the kind of security perspective, you're absolutely...
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and given a letter of commendation from none other than j. edgar hoover when he retired. he served as a judge and spent 15 years on the tennessee court of criminal appeals. in 1946 joe married the love of his life and they had a son and two grandchildren. they have been working in public service in east tennessee for many years. joe supported john's, his brother's successful bid for knoxville mayor no 1959 and 1963 and john's successful campaign for u.s. house of representatives in 1964. joe also supported the political careers of his nephew, my predecessor, john duncan jr., tennessee's second district representative in congress before me. as well as his niece, state senator, becky massey, and his son falls church city counselor, philip duncan. judge duncan has lived a beautiful and full life in public service. i'm honored to wish him a happy 100th birthday on the house floor today. madam speaker, i want to recognize my dear friend, charlie and patsy daniels, who are celebrating their 70th bedewing anniversary this year. charlie spent six years as a successful political c
and given a letter of commendation from none other than j. edgar hoover when he retired. he served as a judge and spent 15 years on the tennessee court of criminal appeals. in 1946 joe married the love of his life and they had a son and two grandchildren. they have been working in public service in east tennessee for many years. joe supported john's, his brother's successful bid for knoxville mayor no 1959 and 1963 and john's successful campaign for u.s. house of representatives in 1964. joe...
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edgar hoover and and, you know, the fact she got a response, i guess, is is interesting. but i never seen that side of my. okay. now you've compelled to ask this. here we are 60 years later in the year 2023. why is a really germane question to ask? you say. well, what the fbi did not do to protect how know that is a question that, you know, historians and contemporaries have been asking since 1963. and it was a question that enthralled all americans in 1963. and i just found it's such a raw human moment to find her letters in, her handwriting and she's essentially picking apart the fbi statements. and the reason know, we were talking and this is almost a perfect answer to what i was asking, which is the world of 1963, as one of the last surviving members i can testify of, people were pretty resistant of conspiracy theories, which is not the case in 2023. and so if you look at polling, an amazingly small thought that there was anything other than one gunman or that the fbi or the cia or any of this, that there was anything amiss. and that's one way in which our country has
edgar hoover and and, you know, the fact she got a response, i guess, is is interesting. but i never seen that side of my. okay. now you've compelled to ask this. here we are 60 years later in the year 2023. why is a really germane question to ask? you say. well, what the fbi did not do to protect how know that is a question that, you know, historians and contemporaries have been asking since 1963. and it was a question that enthralled all americans in 1963. and i just found it's such a raw...