186: John Glover – FBI 100th Anniversary of African American Special Agents

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Retired Agent Dr. John Glover, Ph.D., who became an Executive Assistant Director, one of three direct reports to the FBI Director and highest-ranking African American in the FBI, reviews the history of African American special agents in the FBI from 1919 through 2019, why diversity, especially in law enforcement, matters, and recounts stories from his extraordinary career in the FBI.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 186 of FBI retired Case Fow review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the public who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:28.0	Today is a special day, because today we get to talk to retired agent Dr. John Glover who served in the
0:38.8	FBI for 23 years. John Glover became an executive assistant director, one of only three direct reports
0:50.2	to the FBI director, and the highest ranking ever African American in the FBI.
0:59.0	This promotion marked the fifth time John Glover had been the top black agent in the FBI and
1:09.0	also marked his remarkable and well-earned climb up the ranks.
1:16.3	In this episode, John Glover reviews the history of African-American special agents from 1919 through 2019, why diversity
1:28.5	especially in law enforcement matters, and he recounts stories from his extraordinary career in the FBI.
1:37.0	While he was special agent in charge of the Atlanta Division, he oversaw the FBI's investigation of the killing of black youth in
1:47.7	Atlanta and led the joint State Federal Task Force, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of Wayne Williams.
1:57.1	Because we spend time during the interview discussing his career, I'm not going to read his full bio here,
2:04.8	but it's posted in the show notes of this episode
2:08.7	at Jerry Williams.com.
2:11.2	I was fortunate to attend the official celebration of the 100th anniversary of African American special
2:19.0	agents in the FBI which was held at FBI headquarters on November 8th.
2:25.0	During the ceremony, FBI Director Christopher Ray spoke of the FBI's commitment to increase the percentages of African Americans in the Special
2:37.0	Agent Rinks. Currently only 4.6% overall and only 1% for black women.
2:46.0	During the ceremony, as I looked around the courtyard
2:49.6	at approximately 150 retired and current African American agents who posed for a photo with Director
2:58.1	Ray. I was honored to be standing among so many trailblazers. Of all of the events that took place that day,
3:08.6	the highlight was of course getting a chance to meet John Glover in person,
3:14.3	especially after having the opportunity to talk with him
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