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50 years ago, FBI program used to monitor political movements was exposed

BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) — March 8, 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of an event where activists broke into a Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Pennsylvania and leaked documents that described the Counterintelligence Program used to monitor, infiltrate and disrupt social and political movements. 

Dr. Raymond Winbush

Dr. Raymond Winbush, a research professor and the director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University joins Dr. Kaye to discuss the government program nicknamed COINTELPRO. 

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Baltimore native, Micarie Kemp has always been passionate about working in the media.