The FBI vs. Martin Luther King: Inside J. Edgar Hoover's "Suicide Letter" to Civil Rights Leader

[@pfreddyp]

Well, I think we know now who 'the most notorious liar in the country' was at the time. Hoover was rotten to the core.

[@lorefreedom6386]

pfreddyp He didn’t put up with Communism though which would have put a lot of Democrats in prison today where they need to be.

[@secreteobsession3584]

So why isn't his name been exposed

[@jamirparker7858]

@@lorefreedom6386 The whole government system is ass. Problem after problem after problem, maybe we don’t need a president for 4 years, no government just let us do us

[@dmitriglover4309]

@@lorefreedom6386 really care to tell me which democrats support seizing the means of production and executing the rich? Oh none? Then shut the fuck up.

[@clydemcknight198]

@@lorefreedom6386 I thought one has freedom of speach in America and the freedom of political belief. Putting one in jail for their political belief is anti American. The American way is to respect others political beliefs even when one disagrees with them.

[@anthonyholley7051]

I never understood why there was so much hatred for a man spreading such a positive message of peace and equality.

[@anonimothy5979]

How would you feel if that message of harmony between different races was partially motivated by his sexual preference for Whites? I'm not saying these FBI tapes are necessarily true, but they allege that King was a color-struck swirler (pardon my English) who was just as turned-off by dark skinned Black women as some of the Black celebs who have come under fire in recent years. However, I believe those who were supposedly exposing him for this were doing it for an assortment of other reasons. Including their own hatred for Blacks and fear of their influence.

[@mr.chi-town4251]

He was a symbol of hope for black people. Hoover was afraid of him uniting us together.

[@theciakilledjfk5973]

Because the people who run things and own things in this country aren't going to allow some kind of upstart political movement to overturn the established social order. It's that simple.

[@coweatsman]

Projection by Hoover.

[@adeenbenyasharal5412]

"Equality" is a DELUSION, A BIG LIE (2 Thessalonians 2:11 KJV), so that those at the bottom of this society see no need to, or feel guilty (reverse psychology) about ever wanting their rightful turn rule the earth. Equality is one of many delusions mentioned in the Bible of which the Father sent through the (devils/deceivers) of Europe because his actual people, so called Black (taken from West Africa) and Indigenous (of the Americas) descendants of the slave trade and scattered abroad and European conquest refuse to return to him. There will always be rulers and there will always be servants (Isaiah 60:14 KJV, Revelation 13:10 KJV). Sadly and hard for many to accept, MLK was not a follower of the true Heavenly Father but of men (Ghandi, an East Indian man to be exact). We were never supposed to assimilate (Revelation 18:4 KJV).

[@folarinalabi3250]

Hoover did this to cover up his own private life

[@seanevangelist8012]

Good point but why does it fucking Does it matter if he was gay he made the best law enforcement agency in THE WORLD

[@08jag81]

Actually Hoover did not send this letter and tape to MLK. It was sent completely without his authorization. Here is an interview with a associate director of the FBI.www.c-span.org/video/?66346-1/hoovers-fbi

[@annerobinson1408]

Folarin Alabi: He was a half breed homosexual.

[@jesusrules7241]

@@seanevangelist8012 , Hoover's homosexual life is an atestiment to his depraved mind and soul. He was an evil person and went straight to hell when he died.

[@jansdoe6963]

@@seanevangelist8012 That man { E. J Hoover} was a sicko. He wiretapped John Kennedy, Dr. King. We probably will never know who else he taped. He got off listening to other people in bed. That is sick.

[@barbaraebron2482]

The Kennedy's were no saints either

[@ActiveSneaks85]

Facts

[@ladyj6888]

JFK was well known for cheating on his wife. That just goes to show you how you never really know a person.. 🐍 come in all colors shapes and sizes.

[@sojnab1]

neither was nixon,johnson and bushs

[@aprilwest1883]

True ,. But this channel is about Hoover not the Kennedy's. For that matter Trump , Biden and any other political person in history is no Angel either. You are off topic.

[@lolodee3528]

Hoover made up a LOT of that stuff. He was addicted to surveillance of all of them AND porn. Hoover got rid of most women at the fbi, and agents he usurped. He planted salacious info on everyone he feared or hated. Curmudgeon is the gentlest insult. It should be the Purvis bldg.

[@alhassangangu4357]

This was the reason why Malcolm X was so unapologetic in his stance against white liberals

[@daffyduckfan4478]

Never trust an O’fay NEVER

[@aprilwest1883]

@Fuck Youbitch ok. But Hoover was a black passing as white.

[@aprilwest1883]

@Fuck Youbitch look it up on KZbin. He passed as white. His own niece does a family tree , she's a phychitrist and she wrote a whole book about it . He even falsified his job applications. Kept his hair straight and short on purpose.

[@aprilwest1883]

@Fuck Youbitch look him up on KZbin. His own family says he's black. His niece is a Dr. Of physiology and blew the whistle on him. She wrote a book. She even shows the family tree.

[@aprilwest1883]

@Fuck Youbitch you never heard of dude ???? He was head of the CIA. He surpressed blacks and made gay being illegal. But he was black passing as white.

[@yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322]

COINTELPRO claimed M.L.K as one of its main victims once King started to speak out against the Vietnam war and the FBI!

[@mikec1865]

Facts.

[@mbless1814]

That’s what cause his death

[@yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322]

@@mbless1814 exactly! But America doesn't like to talk about that!!! SMDH!!!

[@aprilwest1883]

What is COINTELPRO ???

[@yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322]

@@aprilwest1883 "The FBI's Counter Intelligence Program!!" Google it!! Better yet go to Google Video and look for the Documentary "COINTELPRO 101!"

[@tonemerc2]

Does someone's sex life invalidate all the good he did? If so, then many men would be stricken from history.

[@octaviodelaserna2007]

And Women!

[@bigfellaoo7]

One of the founders got it on with slaves.

[@Dreadboi1990]

Clearly this is exaggerated to a degree orgies really c'mon

[@raymondjoseph9471]

@@Dreadboi1990 I believe its true. They protecting king

[@raymondjoseph9471]

Yes it does if he's giving the morale high ground

[@AbuQalam]

Any man who wears women's underwear while calling others LIARS is obviously one who would know. God bless Dr. King, and may Hoover rot.

[@lolodee3528]

I cannot be happy til that smut-dog is erased from bldgs. His misdeeds given full daylight.

[@ct4105]

MLK was an adulterer re-guard less what Hoover wore

[@kausamsalam8543]

May Allah accept Dr. Martin Luther King’s many sacrifices for the causes of racial harmony in a still-divided world. Although I would never call the good Dr. MLK “a prophet,” he was a good person with great inner powers given to him by God Almighty. His influential readings in other great people such as The Mahatma Gandhi (who did love and read our Final Prophet), and Henry David Thoreau, (well-read in many eastern and western works, enlightened)-also caused Dr. Martin Luther King to broaden his thinking horizons, while helping resolve the superficial problems of hatred for the Other in his society. May Allah equally bless Ms. Rosa Parks and other civil people who resisted the mobs of inequity.

[@sreyasdesai4865]

Islamophile

[@barbaraebron2482]

Two wings of the same white supremacists bird. Nothing has changed!

[@aprilwest1883]

But....Hoover was black passing as white. It's been proven by his own family. So wasnt Hoover a supremist ???? Hoover was to scared and self centered to help Martin Luther King , a man of his own race.

[@myjourney5745]

@@aprilwest1883 aye he had the complexion for the selection so he was with them and whatever they were about he was so he’s one of them... looks pink too me

[@wolf7el356]

@@aprilwest1883 You're literally insane. Hoover was not Black, this is just some dumb White Supremacists conspiracy attempt to absolve themselves from assassinating one of the most important figures in American history.

[@ct4105]

cheating on your wife and not owning it , typical baby daddy : 2 piece and a biscuit

[@ruthieworldtravels]

You are absolutely right 'bout that! N-O-T-H-I-N-G . . .

[@vagabanda11]

so, does that mean Malcom X was kinda right. Kennedy was a trickster

[@AnsonDimension]

mery silva Kennedy was a politician and Irish-Catholic.

[@vagabanda11]

Anson Count good point. a politician is always a politician, but still, a bit hard to swallow

[@AnsonDimension]

mery silva You had to be there to see the consequences. They all stopped bullets somewhere along the trail.

[@vagabanda11]

Anson Count I guess I see your point. he was not immune to the racist set of mind of the times, but at least he put good politics ahead of his personal tastes. ...I guess you can say that.

[@truthhitman7473]

Kennedy was a COLD blooded politician. And Malcolm X was definitely right about him. I wonder if Kennedy is also linked to the death of Marylin Monroe ?

[@yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322]

And J. Edgar Hoover was a Master black mailer! He had presidents wrapped around his own fingers!

[@cmebans35]

Hoover was a very interesting man. It's been reported that he was Black.

[@kellihart2185]

@@cmebans35 He was.Passing for White.Self hatred,and being the flunky for "Power" will get you a lot if you can subvert your own race.

[@Officer_Bumpdown_Brown]

@@kellihart2185 hell the mafia was blackmailing hoover for being gay 😂

[@kellihart2185]

@@Officer_Bumpdown_Brown THAT PART..🥂💀

[@wolf7el356]

@@cmebans35 He was not Black, that is just White Supremacists revisionist history.

[@joevoidable7549]

I can't believe J.F Kennedy did this. However you want to interpret Malcolm X's statement "Chicken coming back to roost" is not wrong at all. X understood the system much better that MLK.

[@bobjames5264]

Kennedy did this because Hoover blackmailed him into it. Remember: Kennedy himself had affairs with several women, including Marilyn Monroe, all of which Hoover had extensive records on. That’s what Hoover was about.

[@thomasholt63]

Exactly

[@C-Note_Staxs]

MLK wanted to do things the peaceful way and was still considered a threat and was assassinated smh pure racism at its finest, what us people of color still deal with to this day

[@exodus6996]

@@bobjames5264he was the one who spawned jeffrey epstein

[@charlesfrazier9700]

Funny, J Edgar Hoover criticizes MLK’s sexual activities while Hoover’s dressing up like a woman and conducting an openly gay relationship with his assistant.

[@lolodee3528]

And yet that was truly the only humorous, human part, Hoover stole others’ valor. Planted salacious stories on his “adversaries”. Usurper. Damaged everyone around him, including the country. One of the worst kind of megalomaniacs in a seat of power. Same w/ Curtis LeMay. Jealous, seething subhuman curs.

[@lunalea1250]

Classic hypocrite!

[@devonmonroe595]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. RIP MLK!

[@WilliamBrown-vl2hl]

Gay Edgar Hoover was a cross dresser---the Mob had the pictures that's why the FBI said that there wasn't a Mob here in America.

[@lunalea1250]

@@WilliamBrown-vl2hlHe went to the races on the day of Dr. King's funeral!

[@WilliamBrown-vl2hl]

@@lunalea1250 Ok thanks for the info.

[@ct4105]

blah blah blah

[@jeremyjames1659]

King is in hell according to the bible, he rejected the deity of Christ. He used the pulpit to spread communism.

[@marthacmd]

I hope that the young lady is ethical and honest and tell the world what hoover did to African American on his watch.... that letter is part of his racist attitude toward blacks. hoover did worst than king-

[@marthacmd]

this conversation proves what many blacks have know for years that you can't trust white people. So what king had affairs - that is between him and his wife... Hoover on the other hand killed black people over and over and over

[@marthacmd]

marty mart the question is why did it take 50 yrs to reveal this? did this young woman have to get permission to expose this information? She was not the first one who knew about this letter

[@williecarter64]

marty mart 8

[@mariahyohannes]

Road Ways Back to Africa for Africans That’s what I’m trying to understand what are we supposed to do with MLK extra marital affairs??? I mean yeah it’s shitty but he wasn’t harming anyone

[@Dreadboi1990]

Where is the proof of the affairs

[@brahmabkitty03]

I hope people see how my people have been scapegoated, gaslit and criminalized bc of hate. We still don’t know why we’re hated so much.

[@JDSTUDY]

Someone should educate Candace Owens on this.

[@truthisknowledge5876]

They hate us so much because we're chosen

[@rainbowthesaurus6253]

Poverty, fear, mental illness, and ignorance. According to more reputable elements of the scientific community only 12 of your genes contribute to race and physical appearance out of about 80,000 total genes.

[@dro2real836]

@@rainbowthesaurus6253 if that’s true, I’m willing to bet those 12 jeans is mightier and greater than any number of the Neanderthal DNA found in the hateful Caucasians, who promotes such ignorance and hate

[@cattycorner8]

According to Ambassador Andrew Young, who served as assistant to Rev. King, the men had a warm relationship and mutual respect for one another. He should know. LBJ did not have a personal hatred for King that Hoover had.

[@thomasholt63]

Demons are liars for real

[@RickyPisano]

The Kennedy family made their money the same way Capone did. Reality is manipulated.....constantly and to this day.

[@RickyPisano]

@James Spittle He made his money using insider trading prior to the great depression and after. He was the first chairman of the S.E.C. Research what Roosevelt had to say about why he chose him. Also had a liquor license prior to and immediately after prohibition. He was a corrupted individual. How can you even doubt this??

[@RickyPisano]

@James Spittle What amazes me most about people is they consider criminals to be heroes. Because they're told to. In school, by the media, by history. I've lived through 12 presidential administrations and every single one of them was corrupt. With the exception of perhaps Jimmy Carter. If you'd like a list of the corruption, I'd be glad to provide it. Obama and Biden claimed to be a scandal free administration. The media repeated it, over and over. And people came to believed it. It WASN'T. Want a list of corruption that went on there?? How about Clinton?? Or the Bush family?? Or Nixon?? Republican and Democrat. You know what changed for the average American during these "shifts in power from one to the other?? The rich got richer and the poor got poorer. The largest upward transfer of wealth IN HISTORY has taken place since this shutdown went into affect. While average Americans SUFFERED and thousands of small businesses were decimated millionaires and billionaires made billions. Congressmen/women make $175k a year and 96% of them are multimillionaires. How's that work. The entire system is corrupted to the core and has been for decades. They just sold you a different story. And you believed it. I would be happy to elaborate if you like. Just ask. I've researched this for years. I'm neither Republican or Democrat. Two heads of the same snake. Working in tandem with the corporate owned media owned by 6 of the richest corporations in the world to keep us divided. The LAST thing they want is a united America capable of critical thinking. It's their greatest fear. So, Problem, Reaction, Solution. Over and over. Divide and Conquer. It's worked for centuries and they know that. Remember this quote. It speaks volumes. "If the American people knew what we really did they'd drag us into the street and hang us in public". George H.W Bush

[@jaijai5250]

@@RickyPisano sadly the ‘average’, non critical thinker will always believe what they are told by the mainstream media, as you said the six solitary voices putting out all so called news. The transformation of global governance and technocratic dictatorship is a fore gone conclusion, along with the greater redistribution of wealth. The masses will only realise when it’s too late.

[@ruthieworldtravels]

Yep, through Prohibition!

[@thomasholt63]

@@RickyPisano well Said and I believe everything that you just said

[@roberttaylor6694]

King is walking on clouds/hoover's walking on fire!

[@thomasholt63]

Couldn't have said it any better than that

[@RyanJohnson]

Worth looking up the wrongful death case that his family brought to trial in '99

[@cobbysibalwa204]

Truth clashed to earth will surely rise again, no lie can live for ever.

[@WilliamBrown-vl2hl]

Did the New York Times do a story about this did CNN do a story about this.The Lie is still under the earth.

[@ct4105]

yeah exactly MLK was a fraud , cheating on his wife !

[@Argos-xb8ek]

Hoover's systematic destruction of the Black Panther Party was truly something to see.

[@Argos-xb8ek]

@Ghost He said alot of things

[@Argos-xb8ek]

@Ghost I'll look for it

[@Buffalosoldija]

@JACCE B. Same ol white supremacist playbook was used w/ BLM movement.. Infiltrate, delegitimize, criminalize and dehumanize the members and the movement🙄

[@ruthieworldtravels]

He was consumed, relentless & obsessed with them . . . a real SoaB!

[@thomasholt63]

@JACCE B. Damm right 👉 if anyone cannot see that I feel so sorry for them (building name after a racist terrorist) DEMONIC SOULS FOR SURE

[@conservos2349]

Admittedly, it does seem like similar behavior to calling up Robert Kennedy right after his brother was assassinated, telling him his brother was just shot and hanging up. Hoover reportedly did this.

[@yessir8647]

I'm proud to see I'm not the only one trying to figure this stuff out

[@surinaweekes8146]

They’re telling lies on Martin Luther King 👑

[@illuminated_]

Martin Luther king is the definition of power . He bought his people together to fight against the government . When the government fears you ...... That's power .

[@jeffreyhorton5934]

you mean Malcolm. lol .. you almost got.away with that.. u slickster

[@ct4105]

and what power he had cheating on his wife , and being a man of the cloth what a joke

[@wildonstokes8475]

@@ct4105 prove it

[@dontquityourdayjob5188]

Now if only he didn’t get away with the same nonsense with the black panther party

[@StarPowerBlu]

J Edgar Hoover was a freakin closet gay man and he was mixed with African American

[@EboNCol]

+Erika QueenBee And I think, that's why he was mad... that part black reminded him he was BLACK and he hated it.

[@StarPowerBlu]

So true Ebony

[@DJ-zt2ml]

Ebony Colbert Some say the highest form of hatred is self hatred.

[@kylecoleman1254]

lmao he wasn’t black stop saying this shit

[@kylecoleman1254]

he WISHES just like most pale faces do

[@robertwalker7010]

Hoover also helped assonate the Kennedy’s and many more.

[@frommylips2yourears714]

Just watched the JFK REVISITED DOCUMENTARY 2021. It explains it all

[@marlonlo9661]

They were adraid of King's connection to Communists? C'mon it was clear that he was not a Communist!

[@ct4105]

just and adulterer

[@wildonstokes8475]

@@ct4105 prove it

[@Cofla0]

What are you talking about. He was without a doubt a marxist. How dumb are you

[@tooakki]

Those devils made Martin Luther King a turncoat.

[@ham5481]

I don’t believe anything the Government says 😂😂

[@angelfish6236]

Jealous. There will never be another Dr. Martin Luther King 👑🦁💯💡

[@marqueljackson7291]

Smh wake up

[@ct4105]

good , who wants a false man of the cloth and a cheater ?

[@kausamsalam8543]

@@ct4105 Isn’t that for God Almighty to judge-when so many hundreds of preachers have been known to have awful, insidious affairs that they don’t believe will harm their souls? I am sure that the Just God/Allah judges all aspects of any person’s life, not one aspect-if the persons have asked for redemption-He is a forgiving God Almighty, not a person.

[@ct4105]

@@kausamsalam8543 I’m aware other preachers have cheated on their spouses! It was well known that MLK did . It’s the point that people put the civil rights leader on a pedestal knowing he committed Adultery. He’s no saint !

[@taoman85]

This is why I wasn't an RFK fan. But, I think when King was assinated RFK had a change of heart, possibly out of guilt.

[@ct4105]

kinda the same guilt MLK didnt have cheating on his wife huh ????

[@youngking403]

Martin Luther king had nothing to do with the communists

[@AC-qc2pr]

FBI has a lot of sins, shame on them...and the FBI is suppose to represent and protect the law😖

[@charris1ful]

The FBI represented and protected color and it did not include black or brown people. Goes back to the founding "fathers" and the og government

[@ct4105]

thought MLK was a man of GOD??? cheating on his wife !

[@Aquilla256]

The court concluded that the freedom of individuals to verbally oppose or challenge police action without risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics that distinguishes a free nation from a police state.

[@kevinbennett4945]

Change is still being threatened today.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Prof. Gage, like so many writers on the subject of MLK and wiretaps, refers to an alleged order by RFK authorizing the wiretap of MLK. Books refer to the date of this alleged order as October 10, 1963. Yet, none of these books provide a citation for such an order. If such an order with RFK's signature exists, then why hasn't it been produced under FOIA and been made publicly available? I'm not saying the order doesn't exist, but I don't think any genuine historian or legitimate news writer should be referring to it as fact unless the order is proven to be fact with the publication of the alleged order. Until then, all of them should be calling it the "alleged order" and noting that they've not seen a copy of the order either.

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

Unfortunately, RFK did authorize the wiretaps because Hoover blackmailed him on JFK. You should read that back story: Bobby Baker>Ellen Rometsch>JFK.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Michael Barnhart If RFK did, in fact, issue such an order, then PRODUCE the order. Again, without the actual verified copy of the order, the claim still ranks as an allegation, not fact. Just because several people say something is true doesn't make it true. But the facts to date do not support the existence of such an order. Referring me to more secondary sources, WITHOUT citation, proves nothing.

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

This is a narrative that will give you some insight: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/07/the-fbi-and-martin-luther-king/302537/ However I am not denegrating RFK here. RFK brushed off Hoover's wiretapping demands for nearly a year to do it (because he was the head of the Justice Dept. and Hoover worked for him, of course.) However, a scandal erupted involving the top Senate Majority aide Bobby Baker that would scandalize JFK if brought to light in Senate hearings at that time. Hoover squashed the info he had on JFK's involvement there and got the wire tap as leverage for helping out RFK to protect his brother. Blackmail, as I said. As far a the actual documents, I am sure Daniel Ellsberg would have gotten them eventually if he was not so preoccupied with blowing the lid off the Pentagon involving Vietnam.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Michael Barnhart I read the article and it's still just an allegation. The Kennedys have been among the most researched families in modern history. So, let's say, arguendo, that such an order was actually made. I'm certain that one researcher or another has attempted to obtain proof of the order's existence under FOIA (Freedom of Information Act). FOIA would have then either: (1) produced a photocopy of the order; (2) explained that no such order could be found; (3) explained that no information could be disclosed because of national security or other reasons; or (4) explained that the document had been destroyed. Making such a request through FOIA is the only way to definitively prove if the order existed. (Another, but less reliable way, would be through a credible witness that actually observed the physical order.) But no researcher has documented the claim through a FOIA request. At a minimum, in a well documented book, there would be a footnote indicating that a FOIA request was made and the response would be summarized in that footnote. Anything else is sheer speculation. Citing other secondary sources doesn't cut it. That's why PRIMARY sources are considered to be the most reliable evidence. So, where's a copy of the order or who saw the order? Until researchers can explain that, they should be calling the claim an allegation, because that's what unsubstantiated and unverifiable claims are. I'm also not saying that such an order from RFK did not exist. I don't know one way or the other. But this I can tell you. Nobody has provided convincing proof by producing a copy of the order or otherwise documenting its existence. And that is a fact. Finally, the FBI could hardly be considered to be friendly to the Kennedys. Just the opposite. So, if such an order signed by RFK existed, common sense tells me that the FBI would love to pin the blame on RFK to put the FBI in a more favorable light in history; and, consequently, they would have voluntarily published that order. But they haven't. Nobody has. And nobody has even offered an explanation as to why it hasn't been produced. Under these circumstances, intellectually honest researchers and reporters should always be using the word "alleged" in connection with the oft repeated--but unverified and unsubstantiated--claim.

[@SagesseNoir]

@@jamesfeldman4234 Well...it's possible to give an order without putting it into writing. We cannot find any order or statement by Adolph Hitler ordering the Holocaust.

[@Aquilla256]

On December 7, 1955 the FBI’s Mobile office began forwarding information on the bus boycott to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. The special agent in charge of the office reports that someone, probably a member of the Montgomery police department, had been assigned to find “derogatory information” about King.

[@ellebee8476]

Im so glad to learn Dr. King had these devils so on edge after he led his people into a burning house that we still dwell in today, in 2021.

[@joshuabennett3122]

So what are you saying That we should go back to the days of broad day light, no recourse, lynching, church bombings, car dragging, segregation by law of hospitals, schools, fontains, bathrooms, and public transportation....? Please don't half quote any one. Especially when your partial quote changes the meaning of what was actually meant.

[@mrscpjones16]

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was one of the greatest men to walk this earth. He was the sacrificial lamb for the black race. He was like Moses and Jesus and all the great men of the Bible. I truly thank God and his son Jesus that Dr. King lived. He changed America in a good way forever. Thank you Dr King. I also thank your beautiful wife Corretta for standing strong by your side. May God bless the memories of both of you.

[@misosoup8559]

Most of us arent that interesting enough to be worth spying on. But yea. The government and private agencies do reserve the right to do that.

[@OneQueenB]

No secret he had extra curricular activity. I am not surprised about anyone.

[@jayinquisitive6055]

They all had dirt

[@jeanwilliams5172]

that is so true none of us is perfect the Bible never lies .

[@jayinquisitive6055]

RFK JFK They should of looked at LBJ and J Edgar Hoover

[@lolodee3528]

Too late..they knew though.

[@kinginblack3321]

Interesting ....Meyer lansky had some dirt on j Edgar Hoover Karma

[@kinginblack3321]

@James Spittle Hoover is full of crap man The FBI was in on Martin Luther King death

[@kinginblack3321]

@James Spittle Hoover wanted mlk dead that's what I gather from it They killed mlk and they killed his mother while she was in church they're disgusting worthless pondscum

[@kinginblack3321]

@James Spittle do you realize you just spewed some rhetorical bs? That I'm just going to go ahead and ignore 🤦 and did u seriously just ask me what books I read when we live in an era where all information is at it finger tips RESEARCH FOR URSELF and I don't give a damn if it was 50 years or 150 years it should NOT be swept under the rug and don't you dare suggest we do that

[@kinginblack3321]

@James Spittle every thing Martin Luther King fought for and DIED for ur suggesting such things be swept under the rug? You oughta be ashamed of yourself

[@kinginblack3321]

@James Spittle baseless rumors? Why because it doesn't fit your narrative of how you want ppl to believe the world works? Even if it IS just pulling the wool over ppls eyes? The fact that you even suggest that it was 50 years ago shows you have an agenda their for everything u say after that is just trying to build bricks around a foundation based on fkery Therefore everything u say after that is a joke to me and will not be taken seriously

[@dennisbriscoe9332]

Why is this only watchable in 240p??!! This IS "Democracy Now!", right??!! What the hell happened to... I don't know... High Definition??!!

[@tonitigrrxo2765]

Men been gossiping like women. What is sad is they not only tapped called but put things on front street. Sad.

[@Aquilla256]

The disqualification clause applies to current and former federal officials, state officials, and military officials.

[@richardbullis6263]

The sixties were a bust. The civil rights movement did not last or go deep enough.

[@truthinaction0000]

LBJ somehow did the impossible by making White women minorities and the unthinkable by supposedly predicting Democratically held elections. The fact most Blacks were ride or die Republicans/traditional and then zombie Democrats after he said his predictions gives even more weight to Crazy Uncle Trumps. V F claims.

[@gordonowens7794]

So if King was actually having affairs (which I don't believe) why didn't this letter and tape ruffle him? If he was actually guilty he would have manifested this in some way publicly, but I see no evidence of this. In his last days on this earth he looked as vibrant and youthful as ever, unlike our Presidents that age rapidly in just four years. "A house divided cannot stand" (KJV).

[@vj1294]

What they don't mention is that the FBI created fabricated information to create issues. So, like you I don't believe the FBI that MLK had extramarital affairs.

[@lolodee3528]

Hoover was so power drunk, I get you. Listen, King was a great man. A human being. A far better man than many are capable of being. I do NOT believe over the top tales, even IF. And I mean IF he ever had even one “affair”.

[@phillybornandbred2867]

You can find the tapes at the National Archives Center! He clearly was in numerous affairs. He was a sex addict, but I still respect the hell out of him!

[@phillybornandbred2867]

@@lolodee3528 go pull the wiretaps. You can get them from the National Archives, they've been declassified. I listened for days and he was having affairs with more than one woman. Still he will always be someone I truly admire!

[@charlesholifield3859]

And its reported that j edgar was half black

[@Sheisneika0976]

Now that we know that J Edgar Hoover was actually black passing as white and gay - this letter sounds so crazy that he sent King. The funny part was Coretta knew about King’s extramarital affairs… not that it makes it alright, but how does he justify making anyone look bad.

[@how.disability.justice]

support the liberation of Black people and civil rights needs to be consistent. pretending and not following through to maintain power or resources, is a problem.

[@davidpattersonjr5333]

Dam that letter was his death warrant!!! Wow

[@ct4105]

that letter and audio tape spoke the truth and cheating MLK knew it they got'em a real gotcha moment ! I would have loved to seen the look on MLK face ! man of the cloth joke

[@royaljohnson5657]

They killed him

[@GLA45Amg716]

He knew he was going to die... the government and him had a deal

[@cleofrench3229]

Wat kind of deal

[@dannyhughes2680]

What ever happen to the tape recording???

[@EbNorth]

Will come out in 2027.

[@EbNorth]

2027 will include the rape tapes.

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

I was wondering whether the National Archives has an exhibit of Hoover's lingerie, just to put things in perspective.

[@jacorymatthews5024]

Exactly

[@thomasholt63]

😂

[@jasonpeters9865]

Its cuz Hoover was keeping taps on King. King wasnt the best human being in his personal time. But he still lead Civil Rights

[@progressivelibertarianview8832]

In the case of Hoover vs King, who was the Patriot and who was the Tyrant? And why weren't there any Black Americans willing to give their full measure? In retrospect, were his efforts in vain?

[@xxkhalilxx0]

Imagine not committing crimes and getting spied on by the government

[@shirleyrogers1424]

this is sad Mr King u will never be fogotten

[@tgunersel]

Thank you all ...

[@hayzieho]

They always wrote false letters. They did it with the panthers

[@arjunnarayanan271]

Aaron refers to the Professor from Yale as "Kimberly" at 5:50!

[@nicholasc.5944]

interesting

[@hatednyc]

mLK was like all politicians and public figures: a polished image for all to see with a real person hiding behind it. He had many vices and they were carefully covered up to allow the public to see him as a saint. The Black people needed a leader and he was going to be it.

[@kreativekulturetv2488]

Nobody seen him as a saint. Quit thinking that you can speak for black people. We don't care about anything that J. Edgar Hoover's gay ass had to say.

[@Charles-hy6gp]

@@kreativekulturetv2488 Even the best people you know have to be ruthless and calculated "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" That´s what Hilter and Andrew Jackson have to do in order to defeat the corrupted bankers

[@EbNorth]

@@kreativekulturetv2488 MLK watched a rape and laughed? Hit a woman day before he was killed, and his I had a dream speech was actually I had a Wet Dream'.

[@kreativekulturetv2488]

@@EbNorth Man STFU....it seems like all white people do is try to tarnish the image or discredit every great accomplishment that black people make....it's stupid...and we're getting sick of it...

[@gordonowens7794]

My leader is and always has been Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior!!

[@thomasholt63]

BIG DIFFERENCE DR.KING WENT TO HEAVEN AND HOVER WENT TO HELL!!!

[@OfficialNattyOrNot]

Martin Luther King was a republican not Democrat. So I’m confused why JFK would say that.

[@gordonowens7794]

I don't believe this woman and I don't believe she has any insight into Kings life.

[@jimjones111]

This is a republic

[@harleydavidson6851]

All this?? From a Guy who walks on a Beach WEARING a Dress!!

[@mitchellweaver9102]

Behavior is misspelled as "behavoir" in the first paragraph...

[@annharris6602]

So sad your gone dr.king

[@reggiespear7455]

How about that being threatened by a homosexual

[@HelpfulFriend]

What would we do without PBS?

[@j0rdan172]

J Edgar Hoover is one weird ass person. Bro went out his way to take down King bro weird ash

[@SUPER_WOLFMOON]

Proof that the public as formed into government should not entertain fools. Why do we keep having to learn this lesson. Sadly, less obvious fools always have use for the more overt among us.

[@phillipthomas4790]

God will take vengeance as our God

[@how.disability.justice]

If enthusiastic, informed, freely-given consent is there, then being intimate or having sex with multiple partners isnt a problem for the rest of society, from my view. The problem is when someone is harming their partner or others trying to gain power/resources.

[@WilliamBrown-vl2hl]

What's the name of her book right we don't know.

[@ct4105]

lol. really cheating on your wife and being a soo called reverend, so in your warped brain that didn't hurt his wife ?

[@Sierrz]

It seems you’re ignorant to what is going on. Maybe you aren’t so smart.

[@mogulcitymedia]

DEVIL

[@GodsonPSN]

Modern Egypt..

[@tombasye1016]

It Is Not Right, In Any Way, Shape, Or Form !! '' THE DOOR SWINGS BOTH WAYS '' RIP MLK

[@tombasye1016]

In Every Avenue That Martin Luther King Jr. Walked All For The Civil Rights For Every One Of The Great African-American People In Our Wonderful United States Of America.

[@KoolT]

Was Hoover actually gay and harrassed by mafia?

[@XxMayhem88]

Yes

[@Queenoneluna]

I see things have not changed g man

[@mystique4eva990]

hoover was crossdresser.

[@WhiteDove73-888]

He was not a Reverend of a church, just a title.

[@Igneous773]

Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black!

[@morganmore6]

He did not kill himself so how much truth was in those letter sounds like they were disparate

[@lindaharris3432]

I don't believe it .

[@Aquilla256]

The Disruption Program was Started by Kennedy Admin and expanded under LBJ

[@rlittlejohn2772]

Power and priviledge always influenced by the Pword.

[@Aquilla256]

What happened to the COINTELPRO Act?

[@ronike123]

why wouldn't hoover bring these women forward? it would be easy for the head of FBI (in the 60's none the less) to make them talk or suffer some sort of consequences. orgy's, multiple affairs ??? that wouldn't have taken away his credibility instantly. HHHMMM

[@Booklivre]

Was her biography of Hoover ever published !?!

[@donotbugme.8257]

DEMOCRATS!

[@georgemorenstein]

Go, make your heroes for our future assail. All darkness hidden, shall come to light anyways. There'll be no need for gossip nor suspicion, we'll all be clean and pure. Just not in this lifetime.

[@rlittlejohn2772]

He wire taped the Kennedys as well.

[@SweetTeaTvTeaSippers]

Hoover exposed EPIC

[@EbNorth]

So was MLK

[@mrrobertr.2135]

King wife stood::: they hated that from that black woman