99: Killing King

This week’s episode is about COINTELPRO, the secret, illegal spying and assassination program orchestrated by the FBI from 1956 to (technically) 1971, and the 1999 trail that established that the United States Government was likely part of a conspiracy to assassinate Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Sources and Further Reading

Complete Transcript of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Conspiracy Trial, November 15 to December 8, 1999: Link

COINTELPRO: The Untold American Story: Link

Domestic terrorism: Notes on the state system of oppression: Link

Peter Bohmer, Faculty at Evergreen State College: Link

The COINTELPRO Papers: Link

“Character Assassins”: How the FBI Used the Issue of Homosexuality against the Black Freedom Struggle: Link

Berlet, Chip. "Re–framing dissent as criminal subversion." CovertAction Quarterly 41 (1992): 35-41.

Novick, Michael. Blue by Day, White by Night: Organized White Supremacist Groups in Law Enforcement Agencies. PART, 1991.

The King Trial: Link