What were the FBI's motives for wanting to discredit MLK?
Upvote:5
I suspect that you are overthinking it.
Given that USSR exploited every sympathiser for its nefarious purposes (cf. Atomic spies, communists in the state department &c), and given that Hoover, as the FBI Director, was acutely aware of that (much more than the general public!), it is hardly surprising that he viewed everyone leaning to the Left as suspect and wished to undermine them.
E.g., FBI spied on Einstein too, even though his political views were hardly communist.
See also COINTELPRO:
FBI records show that COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed subversive, including anti-Vietnam War organizers, activists of the Civil Rights Movement or Black Power movement (e.g., Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Black Panther Party), feminist organizations, anti-colonial movements (such as Puerto Rican independence groups like the Young Lords), and a variety of organizations that were part of the broader New Left. White supremacist groups were also targeted, such as the Ku Klux Klan.
More post
- π Megafauna extinctions
- π Where can I find the history of military uniforms?
- π Why was the seventh day of the week in Quichua named after the sun?
- π Did the US provide oil assistance to Germany during WW2?
- π Has anyone recently seen Chinese old customary greeting pose?
- π Why did the Turks adopt the Latin alphabet after WWI?
- π Why did Confederate General Forrest leave the KKK?
- π Which mountain collapsed in France in 1820/21?
- π Why did quill pens persist until the early 19th century despite the capacity to make metal dip pens?
- π What is the historical reason for 18 years being the most commonly accepted age of adulthood?
- π Where can I find information on a Polish castle dismantled by Sweden?
- π What happened to the British convicts transported to America after the American Revolution?
- π Why did Poland keep Warsaw as its capital instead of returning it to Krakow in the 20th century?
- π Did any Moors accompany Hernando de Soto in his exploration of Mississippi?
- π Patriotism and how it contributed to the recruitment process in WW1
- π Why do we clink glasses and say cheers?
- π Why didnβt Japan attack the West Coast of the United States during World War II?
- π What paramilitary group was Nikola JorgiΔ in?
- π What was the reaction of Western Communist Parties to Kruschev's 1956 speech denouncing Stalin?
- π Is there a painting from before the colonization of the Americas depicting travelers from far away visiting European nobles?
- π How did East Indies oil lose its "top billing" in the Pacific War as the war went on?
- π Advice for a novice Historian
- π What kind of AA defenses did the US East Coast have around the time of Paukenschlag?
- π How do I prove that Mahatma Gandhi said the following?
- π Why was record keeping forbidden in Ancient Sparta?
- π Why did the Indian National Congress fail to convince Indian minorities to support united India
- π Should you be pedantic about the clerical errors you see in a History reference book?
- π Conditions of Upper-Silesian-Poles minority in Weimar Republic?
- π How was the lower chamber of the Japanese Imperial Diet elected under the Meiji constitution?
- π What sources or documentation exists to indicate Stalin's level of popularity in Russia today?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- π What were the FBI's motives for wanting to discredit MLK?
- π What were Aurangzeb Alamgir's motives for reversing much of the religious tolerance in the Mughal Empire?
- π What were the reasons for the Renaissance / scientific revolution in Europe?
- π What were the reasons for making Prohibition a constitutional amendment?
- π Are there any documented examples of wooden ships which were in active service for 100 years or more? If not, what is the longest?
- π What were the criteria for class ranking at West Point prior to the Civil War?
- π What were Argentina's intentions for the Falkland Islanders?
- π What were the original casualty projections for Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- π What were the Japanese defenses for an allied invasion of Kyushu?
- π What alternative locations were considered for the United Nations?
- π What were the most common reasons why draft-age men were not conscripted for the Union Army?
- π What were the rejected designs for the Euro symbol?
- π What is the historical evidence for asserting Huns were one and the same as Xiongnu?
- π What were the requirements for Ancient Greek colonist groups?
- π What were the military justifications for the bombing of Dresden?
- π What jobs were available for migrants from the country to Rome?
- π What were the requirements in order for a man to become a burgher (or citizen) in German cities in the middle ages?
- π What were the incentives for joining the Roman army before the Marian reforms?
- π What options were available to MacArthur to prepare for Chinese intervention in the Korean War?
- π What Land Runs were there in the U.S., and were the Indians paid for their land?
- π What containers were used for food prior to the industrial era?
- π What were conditions like for Chinese men subject to recruitment by the army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War?
- π What were Helfrich's orders for Doorman in 1942 prior to the Battle of the Java Sea, and did he comment on these in later life?
- π What were the plans to use the atomic bomb if it had been in time for the war in Europe?
- π What were the reasons for Japan's surrender in WWII?
- π What were the reasons for the Federal Art Project?
- π What were the plans for governance of the Jerusalem International Zone?
- π What were the key difficulties for the Romans in the conquest of Germanic tribes?
- π What were the requirements for Iron Cross first and second class?
- π How did knights in full suits of armor eventually die in combat? What were the most common causes of death for soldiers in full-body plate armor?