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Hoover, Communism, and the FBI

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The Role of Hoover in the Assassination of Martin Luther King

Two things that Hoover did contributed to the climate in which King was assassinated. One is his incredibly aggressive public criticism, not only of King, but of the civil rights cause and black power organizations. The second: His refusal throughout the 1960s to do what he described as guard duty for civil rights activists.

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