Dec 2, 2019 · Even today, as the FBI vigorously recruits a more diverse workforce, African-American agents still make up less than 5 percent of the Bureau’s 13,000 special agents, …

Mar 28, 2019 · As the FBI celebrates 100 years of African-American special agents and observes Women’s History Month, we remember Sylvia Mathis, the first African-American woman to …

William O'Neal (April 9, 1949 – January 15, 1990) was an American FBI informant in Chicago, Illinois, where he infiltrated the local Black Panther Party (BPP). He is known for being the …

The Black Panther Party (BPP) is a black extremist organization founded in Oakland, California in 1966. It advocated the use of violence and guerilla tactics to overthrow the U.S. government....

Jan 18, 2021 · The objective, according to an FBI memo: to “expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize” the radical fight for Black rights — and Black power. Details of that …

In compliance with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements, some of these records are no longer in the physical possession of the FBI, eliminating the FBI’s...

First African-American woman to become an FBI Special Agent: Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis (July 7, 1949 – October 22, 1983) was the first African-American woman to become a Special Agent …

Oct 7, 2020 · During his 21 years as an FBI special agent, Eric Jackson fought for his fellow Black agents every chance he got, eventually rising to lead the bureau's Black Affairs Diversity …

When the FBI’s Director presented Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis with her snub-nosed Smith & Wesson revolver and leather attaché case in 1976, Agent #2658 made history as the first-ever black …

In 2019, the FBI celebrated the 100 th anniversary of African American Special Agents and highlighted the hiring of James Wormley Jones in November 1919. Wormley is believed to …