The A Building: Cointelpro

About this episode

The episode discusses the FBI's Cointelpro program and its impact on civil rights leaders and students.

Hans and Menelek lift the lid on the FBI's illegal intimidation policy in the 60s known as Cointelpro. In an expansive interview with former deputy head of counter intelligence for the FBI, Frank Figliuzzi, they uncover some shocking facts about how this policy was carried out against Malcolm X, MLK and even the students at Morehouse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Hans, Menelek

Guest: Frank Figliuzzi

Topics covered

• Cointelpro
• FBI
• civil rights
• intimidation
• Malcolm X
• MLK
• Morehouse

Keywords

• Cointelpro
• FBI
• intimidation
• Malcolm X
• MLK
• Morehouse
• civil rights
• Frank Figliuzzi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, Morehouse

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