# And Justice for All, 1954-1971 (FBI history page)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/fbi-history-and-justice-for-all/

A chapter of the FBI's institutional history. It says that in 1963, "thanks in part to the FBI," Valachi became the first major Mafia turncoat to testify in public before a Senate subcommittee.

A chapter of the FBI's own history of the Bureau, covering 1954 to 1971, including the Apalachin meeting of 1957 and its aftermath. It is an institutional narrative, not a record of the hearing.

It says that in 1963, thanks in part to the FBI, "the first major Mafia turncoat—Joseph Valachi—publicly spilled the beans before a Senate subcommittee." Its photograph shows his demonstration of the oath on October 1, 1963. The photograph is credited to the Associated Press and is not a federal work, so this archive does not reproduce it. Only the FBI's text is cited.

## Sources

- Federal Bureau of Investigation, A Brief History of the FBI: https://www.fbi.gov/history/history-of-the-fbi/and-justice-for-all