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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › J-Edgar-HooverJ. Edgar Hoover | Biography, FBI, & Facts | Britannica

    Jun 18, 2024 · J. Edgar Hoover, U.S. public official who, as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1924 until his death in 1972, built that agency into a highly effective, if occasionally controversial, arm of federal law enforcement.

  2. www.businessinsider.com › photos-life-of-j-edgar-hoover-fbi-first-longestPhotos: Life and Career of J. Edgar Hoover, FBI's First and...

    Aug 21, 2023 · How J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's first and longest director of the FBI, used controversial methods to turn the agency into one of the most efficient investigative forces in the world

  3. en.wikiquote.org › wiki › JJ. Edgar Hoover - Wikiquote

    Dec 27, 2023 · John Edgar Hoover ( January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI) of the United States, appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation—predecessor to the FBI —in 1924. He was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972 at the age of 77.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › JJ. Edgar Hoover (film) - Wikipedia

    Jul 17, 2024 · J. Edgar Hoover is a 1987 American biographical drama television film written and directed by Robert L. Collins. It stars Treat Williams as the eponymous J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving (1924 - 1972) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  5. study.com › learn › lessonJ. Edgar Hoover | Biography, Career & Death | Study.com

    Nov 21, 2023 · J. Edgar Hoover was an American public official who had a long and distinguished career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He is known for his time as the director at the FBI,...

  6. hothistory.substack.com › p › j-edgar-hoover-the-fbi-directorJ. Edgar Hoover: The FBI Director - Hot History

    Nov 25, 2023 · J. Edgar Hoover was the man who invented the FBI. Serving as its first director, he transformed the Bureau from a small office into a modernized crimefighting force. Under Hoover’s direction, the FBI fought to protect America’s security against murderous gangsters, violent anarchists, and treacherous Nazi spies.

  7. www.youtube.com › watchThe Enigma of J. Edgar Hoover: Unraveling the FBI's Search Engine...

    Nov 25, 2023 · 147. 8.4K views 5 months ago. From its inception, the FBI has been veiled in mystery, but under the leadership of J. Edgar Hoover, it transformed into one of the most brilliant search engines of...

  8. www.yahoo.com › news › american-gangster-100-j-edgar-121529673An American Gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover's Authoritarian...

    May 10, 2024 · Hoover’s reign at the FBI compromised American civil liberties and turned the FBI into America's secret police.

  9. www.aol.com › news › american-gangster-100-j-edgar-121529088An American Gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover's Authoritarian...

    May 10, 2024 · On May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil liberties happened: 29-year-old J. Edgar Hoover assumed the role of director of the then-Bureau of Investigation. Ambitious,...

  10. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullThe Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the...

    Feb 23, 2024 · The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism by Lerone A. Martin, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2023, 352 pp., $29.95 (Hardcover), ISBN 978 069 117511 9