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The American Role in Lumumba's Murder

American officials plotted to assassinate Lumumba, the Congo's first prime minister, in 1960. While a CIA plan to poison him was abandoned, U.S. officials enabled his overthrow, supported his opposition, and secretly approved his transfer to executioners who murdered him on January 17, 1961.
July 21, 2026

Sky Valley Chronicle | November 06, 2010 (NATIONAL) -- The Kansas City based human rights organization Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights that recently produced a research paper exposing certain Tea Party members and groups for what it claims are their connections to “racially charged” White Nationalist groups, plans to “out” a Tea Party member with ties to such groups every Wednesday.