COINTELPRO (jan 1, 1956 – jan 1, 1971)
Description:
The COunter INTELligence PROgram initiated by J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, was a series of projects that aimed to surveil and discredit organizations (sometimes through illegal means) that the government viewed as a threat. Activists of the civil rights movement were among their targets.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1956
jan 1, 1971
~ 15 years