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Judas and the Black Messiah stars Daniel Kaluuya in tragic tale of FBI-orchestrated killing of civil rights leader Fred Hampton – ABC News
Judas and the Black Messiah is a strong contender for Best Picture nominee, and star Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) has already won two key acting awards for his performance….
In March of 1968, J. Edgar Hoover issued a memorandum to the agents of COINTELPRO, a covert and illegal series of counterintelligence operations: “Prevent the rise of a ‘messiah’ who could unify and electrify the militant black nationalist movement.”
Hoover’s directive went on to caution that Martin Luther King Jr “could be a very real contender for this position”.
King had in fact been the subject of surveillance and discreditation campaigns by COINTELPRO since 1963 their shady efforts detailed…
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