Thing is, Hoover didn't have a single black agent working in the FBI. He was not exactly the most open-minded guy.
-=Mike
All the more reason he had to tear down these groups.
Plus, you don't need to be a government agent in order to cooperate with them, and plenty of blacks did.
Thing is, would he trust blacks to do it?
I mean, honestly, he didn't like them at all. God knows he friggin' LOATHED MLK --- would he trust blacks to give him good info?
-=Mike
Who else could have given him info?