A new documentary film, MLK/FBI, is about how the FBI sought someone close to King to watch and report on him. The film from director Sam Pollard shows how its two title subjects came to be enemies. Pollard shows how FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover used the full force of the law enforcement agency to attack the nonviolent movement for civil rights in the 1960s. Wiretaps, blackmail and informants were all used in the operations to find legal or moral wrongdoing by King. The spying was part of a wider government campaign to find and destroy suspected communist influences in the U.S. The activity against King represents the darkest part of the Bureau’s history, former FBI Director James Comey says in the film.
Title: New Film Explores FBI’s Secret Effort Against Martin Luther King Jr.
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Edgar Hoover used the full force of the law enforcement agency to attack the nonviolent movement for civil rights in the 1960s.</span> <span data-start-time='41896' data-end-time='54021'>Wiretaps, blackmail and informants were all used in the operations to find legal or moral wrongdoing by King.</span> <span data-start-time='54021' data-end-time='65958'>The spying was part of a wider government campaign to find and destroy suspected communist influences in the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='65958' data-end-time='78854'>The activity against King represents the darkest part of the Bureau’s history, former FBI Director James Comey says in the film.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/C.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16632 data-hint-location='41896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/what_does_wiretap_mean.wav'>What does wiretap mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a secretly recorded conversation '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/a_wine_dispenser.wav'><span>a wine dispenser</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/a_secretly_recorded_conversation_.wav'><span>a secretly recorded conversation </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/a_wire_used_in_a_tightrope_act.wav'><span>a wire used in a tightrope act</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/a_telephone.wav'><span>a telephone</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16633 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/what_is_the_subject_of_the_documentary_featured_in_this_article.wav'>What is the subject of the documentary featured in this article?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='how the FBI spied on Dr. Martin Luther King'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/the_founding_of_the_fbi.wav'><span>the founding of the FBI</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/how_the_fbi_spied_on_dr_martin_luther_king.wav'><span>how the FBI spied on Dr. Martin Luther King</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/the_war_on_drugs.wav'><span>the war on drugs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/how_the_fbi_supported_dr_martin_luther_king.wav'><span>how the FBI supported Dr. Martin Luther King</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16634 data-hint-location='14458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/the_director_of_the_film_is__blank_.wav'>The director of the film is <span class='blank'>Sam Pollard</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Sam Pollard'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/peter_jackson.wav'><span>Peter Jackson</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/martin_scorsese.wav'><span>Martin Scorsese</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/sam_pollard.wav'><span>Sam Pollard</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4807/steven_spielberg.wav'><span>Steven Spielberg</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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