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Episode 014: Wayne Davis - Director Hoover and FBI Diversity

Episode 014: Wayne Davis - Director Hoover and FBI Diversity

FromFBI Retired Case File Review


Episode 014: Wayne Davis - Director Hoover and FBI Diversity

FromFBI Retired Case File Review

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Retired Special Agent in Charge Wayne Davis served 25 years with the FBI. During his career, he ran the Detroit and Philadelphia Offices. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, Wayne Davis, one of the first African American special agents to attend the FBI Academy and meet all standard special agent qualifications, provides a fascinating personal and historical account of diversity in the FBI and his private meeting with Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1965, at which time the Director Hoover expressed his views about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement.
Released:
Apr 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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Jerri Williams is a retired FBI agent and author on a mission to show the public who the FBI is and what the FBI does by conducting interviews with retired FBI agents about their most intriguing and high-profiled cases, reviewing how the FBI is portrayed in books, TV, and movies, and recommending crime fiction and dramas. Photos and links to articles about the cases and topics discussed can be found at www.jerriwilliams.com.