
Harrowing new ‘MLK/FBI’ documentary humanizes Martin Luther King’s struggles with J. Edgar Hoover
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Printed 4: 03 p.m. ET Jan. 11, 2021 | Updated 4: 10 p.m. ET Jan. 11, 2021We are reminded in "MLK/FBI," Sam Pollard's bright new documentary (in theaters and on hand as video on query of Friday as video on query of), that for a time many People thought of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover because the supreme man and seen Martin Luther King Jr. as the villain.Obviously, Hoover, marshaling your entire powers of his space and diverse powers previous it, had lots to complete with that. Which could be a reminder that assumed privilege has been spherical eternally – that for so many folks then and now the "American method" translates to "the white American male method" and these white American males will stop one thing else to reduction it.Pollard, worki...