Wednesday, November 3, 2010

J. Edgar Hoover

FBI Director 1924 - 1972

What was Hoover most known for?

Anti-Communism

  • Created index of 450,000 names

  • November 7, 1919 had over 10,000 suspects arrested

  • Got names of lawyers who tried to help

  • Won case against Emma Goldman and had 247 people deported to Russia

Improvements to FBI

  • Better recruiting and training of agents

  • Fingerprint indexing system

  • Won right for agents to carry guns and make arrests

  • Crime-detection laboratory

  • FBI training academy

Taking Down Crime

One Gangster at a Time

  • Machine Gun Kelly

  • Baby Face Nelson

  • Ma Barker and her sons

  • John Dillinger

Making Enemies

  • Nazi spies

  • Communists

  • New Left

  • Black Panthers

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.