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03-02-2005, 05:57 PM
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Strom Thurmond Urged FBI to Go After MLK
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On Monday, the FBI released a portion of Thurmond's FBI file - nearly 600 pages of sometimes heavily edited memos, letters and other documents. The file details a long, secret and mutually beneficial relationship between Thurmond and the FBI. Another 1,700 pages remain to be released. The documents were released in response to requests by The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C.
Thurmond wasn't the only conservative politician who tried to paint the civil rights movement's leaders as "red." But the FBI memo plumbs the depths of Thurmond's aversion to desegregation. And with other pages in the now-public file, it shows how much of Thurmond's politics was dedicated to fighting the "Red Menace."
Thurmond, an iconic figure in Southern political history and an ardent segregationist who later publicly embraced his black constituents, was willing to go to great lengths to vilify King in the 1960s.
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03-02-2005, 06:21 PM
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How come I'm not surprised??
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03-02-2005, 08:39 PM
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Shaking my head
The spirit of Taney (Judge who wrote the Dred Scott decision) is alive and well...
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03-03-2005, 01:27 AM
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Yep, that's part of the reason why I grew up hating him. So how ironic is it that he had a Black daughter who is my soror. LOL
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03-03-2005, 01:33 AM
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Intriguing it is
I wonder what other files the FBI has on "persons" of interest? Um um um
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03-03-2005, 02:46 AM
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Everyone you can think of, I would imagine.
Heck, I probably have one
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03-03-2005, 09:02 AM
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I read bits and pieces of this article this morning....that man even now dead is still making waves.
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03-03-2005, 09:38 AM
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Re: Intriguing it is
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Originally posted by OrangeMoon
I wonder what other files the FBI has on "persons" of interest? Um um um
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Wasn't John Lennon another person that the FBI was "observing"?
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03-04-2005, 12:10 AM
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Re: Re: Intriguing it is
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Wasn't John Lennon another person that the FBI was "observing"?
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Yup.
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03-04-2005, 12:41 AM
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And any students that led Vietnam war protests on their campuses were profiled.
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