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The FBI's Anonymous Letter Telling Martin Luther King 'You Are Done'
Original: ‘You Are Done’: The letter sent to King by the F.B.I (2014)
A 2014 New York Times Magazine article revisits the anonymous letter the FBI sent Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964, urging him to commit suicide and telling him 'You are done.' The letter, sent while the bureau surveilled King, was part of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to discredit the civil rights leader. Readers continue to discuss it as a striking example of government overreach.
Why now: The story resurfaced on Hacker News, likely because the letter remains a chilling example of government surveillance and abuse of power.
Martin Luther King Jr.FBIJ. Edgar HooverNew York Times Magazine
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- ‘You Are Done’: The letter sent to King by the F.B.I (2014) · surprisetalk · 439
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