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I would bet not 1 in 100 high school students ever hear about COINTELPRO in school. If it was ever part of a standard civics curriculum it was briefly in the mi
by agf 13y ago
I would bet not 1 in 100 high school students ever hear about COINTELPRO in school. If it was ever part of a standard civics curriculum it was briefly in the mid to late 70s.
- dfc 13y agoWe covered it in my american history class in high school (97ish).
- agf 13y agoI took both AP American History and AP Government at about the same time, at a very good school with a pretty liberal teaching staff. I never heard about COINTELPRO in either one. My only exposure to it before college was from my father who was a '70s activist. Even in university, most people in the progressive groups I was a part of hadn't heard of it. You had a very special teacher if you learned about it in High School.