23. Liuzzo was a mother of 5, so FBI agents off the record told reporters, why did he abandon kids, was she a good wife and mother?
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24. There's a whole history here that the United States has still not come to terms with. There's still a Hoover Building in Washington DC
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25. Movies like "Mississippi Burning" teach Americans that FBI agents were heroes during Civil Rights Era.
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26. Magazines like National Review supported Hoover during his whole career -- have they ever given serious second thoughts to that?
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27. Wrapping things up, we need to think of American racism as not just Southern but national & institutional with Hoover as major pillar.
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28. As a post-script, I'll add that mythos & jokes surrounding Hoover's sexuality helps hide his true odiousness.
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29. Stories about Hoover's cross-dressing rest on very skaky foundations and are almost certainly not true.
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30. Hoover was likely a deeply repressed gay man but that's far from the worst thing about him.
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31. Jokes about Hoover's cross-dressing serve allow people to shy away from confronting the true horror of his life and deeds.
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@HeerJeet I trust that you read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/magazine/what-an-uncensored-letter-to-mlk-reveals.html?_r=0 …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@AntheRhodes Yes, that was the impetus for this twitter essay
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@HeerJeet And thank you!. Not enough caught on & I'm hoping they do when@beverlygage's book is out. He destroyed & disparaged many lives.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Another great, quick resource: http://www.splcenter.org/civil-rights-memorial/civil-rights-martyrs … Kent State, also, was a mockery of civil rights & democracy.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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