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      • Construction of a purpose-built headquarters building finally began in the early 1960s, but was halted due to further necessary planning and design reviews. In 1977, the Brutalist style building, today named in honor of the longest serving FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, was finally complete.
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  1. Oct 1, 2020 · The National Commission on Renaming the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Headquarters Building Act was introduced in the House on July 30 as bill number H.R. 7865, by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11). What supporters say.

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  3. Sep 15, 2015 · U.S. Stripping J. Edgar Hoover’s Name From the FBI Building. The Confederate flag has been taken down at South Carolina’s Capitol. Why not get J. Edgar Hoover’s name off the Bureau’s...

  4. May 2, 2022 · Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was a racist and a homophobe. Today’s FBI shouldn’t name its headquarters after him. Fifty years ago this week — on May 2, 1972 — J. Edgar Hoover, the ...

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  5. www.gsa.gov › real-estate › gsa-propertiesFBI Building History - GSA

    The J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building was the first purpose-built headquarters of the FBI, the federal government’s chief investigative law enforcement agency. The FBI was founded in 1908 to address a perennial lack of detective personnel in the federal government.

  6. Now, thanks to the movie “Judas and the Black Messiah,” a movement has started to rename the FBI building in Washington, D.C. named after controversial director, J. Edgar Hoover. TheGrio.com reported, “In 2020, Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen introduced bill H.R. 7829 that would officially rename the building to the ‘Federal Bureau of ...

  7. Mar 1, 2024 · In 1977, the Brutalist style building, today named in honor of the longest serving FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, was finally complete. Learn more about GSA's extensive portfolio and leadership in sustainability and preserving historic buildings by exploring the buildings in the NCR.

  8. Aug 2, 2017 · Simply put, the J. Edgar Hoover building is obsolete, inefficient, and faces a number of security vulnerabilities. Aside from the operational shortfalls in the current facility, we also...

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