Post 21- J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover was born on January 1^st, 1895 and died on May 2^nd, 1972. He was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. He was also appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation which turned into the FBI. In the 920’s he helped organize the Palmer raids. He monitored a variety of U.S. radicals with the intent to punish, arrest, or deport them. Targets during this period included Marcus Garvey, Rose Pastor Stokes, Cyril Briggs, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and future Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter; whom Hoover maintained was "the most dangerous man in the United States".