On April 5, 1976 documents confirming COINTELPRO were released as a result of a freedom of information suit. The documents confirmed the COINTELPRO initiative to "disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize the activities of black nationalist, hate-type organizations and groupings, their leadership, spokesmen, membership, and supporters, and to counter their propensity for violence and civil disorder... through the cooperation of established local news media contacts or through such contact with sources available to the Seat of Government, in every instance careful attention must be given to the proposal to insure the targeted group is disrupted, ridiculed, or discredited through the publicity and not merely publicized. "
Many groups whose purpose was the advancement of African Americans, such as, the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, The Black Panther Party, the Nation of Islam, etc., were targeted as well as many African American Leaders. Leaders such as, Fred Hampton, Stokely Carhmicheal, Martin Luther King, Jr., etc. were specifically mentioned in the documents.
To check out more for yourself visit http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/blacknationalist.htm.
Sincerely ,
TSH
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