Mississippi civil rights history
Lessons from COINTELPRO: Power, Accountability, and the Duty to Protect Dissent
By Representative John Faulkner, Mississippi House District 5 There are moments in American history that demand more than remembrance. They demand reflection and accountability. One of those moments is the story of the Counterintelligence Program, known as COINTELPRO. Created in 1956 under the leadership of J. Edgar Hoover, COINTELPRO was a covert initiative of the…
