For nearly half a century, J. Edgar Hoover presided over the FBI with an iron fist. His career began with a wave of anti-communist raids in 1919. It ended during the presidency of his friend Richard ...

J. Edgar Hoover, Director of FBI in his office, April 1940. Courtesy: Library of Congress J. Edgar Hoover lived in Washington, D.C. all his life. In 1895 he was born in a white, Protestant, ...

In the mid-1950s, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was one of the most admired Americans, right up there with Ike, Walt Disney, and Billy Graham. The top G-man was at the peak of his popularity. But by ...

G-Man by Yale historian Beverly Gage examines how Hoover held onto power and describes his complicated legacy on racial justice and surveillance. Biography traces public support for J. Edgar Hoover in ...