On the morning of December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley personally delivered a letter to the northwest gate of the White House. Written on American Airlines stationery, the five-page letter requested a meeting with President Nixon. Presley intended to present the President with a gift of a World War II-era pistol and obtain for himself the credentials of a federal agent in the war on drugs.
The Black Panther Party, founded on October 15, 1966
From the Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigtion, this excerpt is from a newsreel on the Black Panther Party, featuring rallies, marches, and interviews with founders including Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and Kathleen Cleaver.
