By 1985, the CIA’s use of Black History Month and its associated presentations were actively being turned to the Agency’s benefit. Carl Rowan was the guest speaker that year. That June, CIA Director William “Bill” Casey wrote Rowan a letter thanking him for using his speech at the Agency’s Black History Month observance.
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/feb/26/cia-bhm-history/

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/feb/26/cia-bhm-history/

