Jean Seberg (1938-1979), “Esquire Magazine”, Vol. 49, #6, 1958SourceJean Seberg was an
Jean Seberg (1938-1979), “Esquire Magazine”, Vol. 49, #6, 1958SourceJean Seberg was an actor and starred in films like Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Breathless’. During the 1960s Seberg provided material support for groups fighting for civil rights, Indigenous rights, and groups like the Black Panther Party. As a result, the FBI targeted her for “Neutralization” under the FBI’s COINTELPRO program. During this time, Seberg was stalked and harassed on a daily basis by FBI agents, repeated break-ins of her apartments were made by the FBI, she was wiretapped, she was blacklisted by Hollywood due to FBI pressure, and the FBI began circulating fraudulent and defamatory articles about her through the American press (falsely claiming that Seberg, a married white woman, was having an affair with a Black Panther Party leader. Seberg, who was pregnant at the time, was put under such public duress that she went into premature labor and her child died two days later resulting in Seberg slipping into a fierce depression). The eventual outcome of years of constant intimidation and harassment, which had long-term effects on Seberg’s mental health and well-being, was Seberg’s suicide. (The FBI admitted to its campaign against Seberg in 1979 weeks after her death.) -- source link
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