US Civil Rights: the March on Washington
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The FBI's Director, Jay Edgar Hoover, Sees King as a Threat
The FBI's spy campaign against King was the brainchild of Jay Edgar Hoover. Kennedy, JFK and RFK can't understand why King would allow associates to work with him when they have communist ties,. But there's also the bigger issue that King poses a threat to the white power structure in the U.S.
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