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COINTELPRO memo proposing a plan to expose the pregnancy of actress Jean Seberg, a financial supporter of the Black Panther Party, hoping to "possibly cause her embarrassment or tarnish her image with the general public". Covert campaigns to publicly discredit activists and destroy their interpersonal relationships were a common tactic used by ...
At least 67 informants were members of the Black Panther Party (BPP), tasked with spreading disinformation as well as sending reports to the FBI. [10] Recent disclosures have suggested that photographer Ernest Withers was a paid FBI informant under the GIP. [11]
COINTELPRO also aimed to dismantle the Black Panther Party by targeting their social/community programs, including its Free Breakfast for Children program, whose success had served to "shed light on the government's failure to address child poverty and hunger—pointing to the limits of the nation's War on Poverty". [78]
It was 1966 and the civil rights movement had been slowly building steam for more than a decade when the The post 55 years after Black Panther Party’s founding, FBI’s COINTELPRO files must be ...
Seberg was among the best-known targets of the FBI's COINTELPRO project. [7] [8] Her targeting was in retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party, a smear directly ordered by J. Edgar Hoover. [9] [10] [verification needed] Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, the French police ruling her death a probable suicide. [1]
William O'Neal (April 9, 1949 – January 15, 1990) was an American FBI informant in Chicago, Illinois, where he infiltrated the local Black Panther Party (BPP). He is known for being the catalyst for the 1969 police/FBI assassination of Fred Hampton, head of the Illinois BPP.
All Power to the People: The Black Panther Party and Beyond is a 1996 documentary directed by Lee Lew-Lee. The film chronicles the history of the Black Panther Party , leadership, and members. The film also briefly chronicles the history of the American Indian Movement and Black Liberation Army .
Director Stanley Nelson said of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panthers were founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 and upon their founding had a relatively simple goal — stop police brutality.