I Was America’s First Black Spymaster. I Can Finally Tell My Story
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 16, 2024
By
George E. Hocker, Jr.
When the CIA told me it was creating an exhibit about me for its venerated museum at headquarters in Langley—its first exhibit ever about a Black American spy—I was stunned.
Having grown up in Washington, DC, so poor that my family could not even afford long pants for me in the winter, I never imagined that our nation would one day call me a "trailblazer." Now, as I walk through the exhibit, I'm . . .
