Producer Ismail Assafi sits with Dr. Beverly Gage, author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, to talk about former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. A man of contradictions, Hoover’s tenure lasted more than 40 years, during which he spearheaded homophobic, racist, and anti-communist policies – which arguably shaped half a century of the United States. But he also had an intimate personal relationship with a man and believed in the role of government to support social conservatism.
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