country if J. Edgar Hoover never became FBI director during the 30s? All those American flags you see could have been the flag of the Soviet Union, or the mob and other criminal organizations would have threatened the public to this day if President Coolidge had never appointed Hoover as FBI director. Hoover also helped in the fight against Hitler and the Nazis during WWII. He used spies, double-agents, and techniques such as wire tapping to keep tabs on America's enemies or possible enemies. J. Edgar
The History of Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island has quite a distinct history. Many people know that Alcatraz served as a federal prison, but most are reluctant to know that this island served as fort. Built before the Civil War, it served two main purposes. First, that it was to guard the San Francisco bay area from enemy ships against a foreign invasion, and second, to hold hostage prisoners of war or POW's as they were called. In this report, I'll show you how this fortress came to be a federal
public persisted, forcing the military to make a decision. Faced with the expense of operating the island an... ... middle of paper ... .... The salt water from the bay had taken its toll on the prison. The concrete in the cellhouses and other buildings absorbed much of the salt from the air and were quickly disintegrating. This is why it was so easy for this last escape to take place. It was estimated that it would take close to 5 million dollars to repair Alcatraz. That was a cost that the government
Black Panther Party for Self Defense The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in October 1966, in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Armed with sincerity, the words of revolutionaries such as Mao Tse-Tung and Malcolm X, law books, and rifles, the Black Panther Party fed the hungry, protected the weak from racist police, and presented a Ten Point Platform and Program of Black political and social activism. Its "survival programs"-such as food giveaways, free health
backup. Credits Branch, Taylor. Parting the Waters : America in the King Years, 1954-63. Simon & Schuster, 1988. Divine, Robert, et al. America: Past and Present. 5th edition; volume II, Addison Wesley, New York: 1999. Garrow, David J. bearing the cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Confrence. Morrow, 1986. Jakoubek, Robert E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chelsea Hse., 1989 For younger readers. Lewis, David L. King: A Biography. 2nd ed. Univ
Viola Liuzzo, a young housewife and mother, devoted her time and her life to the Civil Rights Movement. Ku Klux Klan murderers ended her membership as a Freedom Rider volunteer during the Selma March and her life. My report will reflect the cause of her murder and how did her death and the mock trials of her killers cause a ripple effect across the civil rights community, judicial system, FBI and the White House. It will be discussed how her life would lead to the change of policies regarding
Have you heard of the movie Frailty? What it is about? Who it is about? Frailty a movie produced in 2001 is a psychological thriller film about a man who enters the Texas, Dallas FBI office one night and introduces himself as Fenton Meiks. He desires to speak to Agent Wesley Doyle about his belief that his brother Adam is the "God's Hand" serial killer that the FBI has been hunting and he needs help because he called him and told him “he could not hinder the demons”. Will they be able to aid save
Running head: J. EDGAR HOOVER 2 For someone to say, “ It’s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in,” means it is better to get a powerful person on your side rather than having them lined up against you. Is this really necessary? President Lyndon Johnson said this in a New York times interview in 1971 when describing J. Edgar Hoover. J. Edgar Hoover was not a well liked man. His
The terrorization of African Americans in America did not began when the FBI created the counterintelligence program Cointel Pro, people of African descent have been terrorized in the United States since their unwilling arrival to the country in the 17th century. Slavery in America directly depended on the agricultural work of African slaves. Africans were dehumanized and treated no better than cattle in the fields. They were unable to learn how to read and write and had no legal rights whatsoever
Dillinger Historical Crime Museum. Accessed March 2, 2011. http://www.johndillingerhistoricalmuseum.4t.com/. "John Herbert Dillinger." The John Dillinger Museum. Accessed March 3, 2011. http://www.dillingermuseum.com/dillinger.html. MacNee, Marie J. Outlaws, Mobsters, and Crooks. Edited by Jane Hoehner. Detroit: UXL, 1998. The New York Times. "DILLINGER'S GANG CALLED 'KILL-CRAZY' ." December 24, 1933. Accessed March 4, 2011. http://hn.bigchalk.com/hnweb/hn/do/ document?set=searchera&start=1
Machine Gun Kelly The 1920’s otherwise known as the roaring twenties was the era of prohibition outlawing alcohol and the era of gangsters like al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly. If it wasn’t for the outlawing of alcohol I would probably be out of work dirt poor. I would be back on my farm in Tennessee where I grew up shoveling cow shit and arguing with my drunk of a dad every night. The first chance Kelly gave me to go back to Chicago with him I took, taking full advantage of the gang life. July
FBI Agents FBI agents are special agents who can understand the minds of criminals and the psychotic and save people who are endangered by them. They are a higher rank than a police officer and deal with serial killers. FBI agents keep streets clean of psychopaths who have intentions of hurting others. Special agents are often engaged in secretive operations to observe criminals over time until they have got enough evidence to arrest and prosecute them. Special agents provide protection for people
of paper ... ...Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory. Public Broadcasting Society. 6 Oct. 2001. http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/h_long_s1.html J. Edgar Hoover. "Letter to Marvin H. McIntyre, 18 August 1934." Freedom of Information Act - Federal Bureau of Investigation. 7 Oct. 2001. http://foia.fbi.gov/ J. Edgar Hoover. "Letter to Marvin H. McIntyre, 19 August 1934." Freedom of Information Act - Federal Bureau of Investigation. 7 Oct. 2001. http://foia.fbi.gov/ "Long, Huey Pierce
McCarthyism: The Modern American Witchhunt "Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" -Joseph Welch, lawyer for the Secretary of the Army Introduction By the time Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy gave his first speech in which he accused 205 members of President Harry Truman's democratic government of being communist on Feb. 9, 1950 there was already a lingering anti-Communist attitude in the United States. Which is why his speech, given in
Reliability of the Media Growing up in America today means being exposed to numerous half truths. These are readily found on the television, newspapers, radio, and movies. The truth is hardly ever told in its complete form. Take for instance the local news broadcast, we watch it and take it for truth. We tend to give credibility to these newscasters based on the fact that they are representing major broadcast stations. These stations are supposed to be reliable and credible sources of information
1 At the very beginning of the section, Delphine asked Cecile about the name the Black Panthers call her and the three girls find out that the name she is called is Nzilla, which is her poet name. After talking to Cecile about her name, Delphine thought about her own name, until a TV show about dolphins came on television. People started making fun of Delphine and how her name relates to dolphin, so she beat up the kid who was making fun of her the most. The next day Delphine saw that the Black
Discrimination of Immigrants in 1920's America Beginning in the early nineteenth century there were massive waves of immigration. These "new" immigants were largely from Italy, Russia, and Ireland. There was a mixed reaction to these incomming foreigners. While they provided industries with a cheap source of labor, Americans were both afraid of, and hostile towards these new groups. They differed from the "typical American" in language, customs, and religion. Many individuals and industries
interpretation. He delivered a sharp historical account of the unconstitutional methods the Federal Bureau of Investigation used to weaken and destroy what it labeled to be subversive groups in defense of its ideal of America. O’Reilly saw the role J. Edgar Hoover played to be essential to the manner in which the FBI illegally refused to protect Black lives and persecute Black organizations during the civil rights movement. The events described in Racial Matters, could be prevented in the future, if people
Black communities through organization and education. The dominant culture perceived the Black Panther Party to be a threat, prevented their success whenever possible, and greatly contributed to their ultimate demise. In 1968 FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover proclaimed: “The Black Panther Party is the single greatest threat to the internal security of the United States” (156). The Party’s founder, Huey Newton, came to represent “the symbol of change for Americans, (by) questioning everything scared
In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States. During his campaign he had promised to lead the country down the right path with the civil rights movement. This campaign promise had brought hope to many African-Americans throughout the nation. Ever since Lincoln, African-Americans have tended to side with the democrats and this election was no different. The Kennedy administration had noticed that the key to the presidency was partially the civil rights issue. While many citizens