This man created COINTELPRO and encouraged subordinates to delve into the private life of Martin Luther King Jr and public figures with suspected communist links. The Lorraine Motel J. Edgar Hoover "Free at last" The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

The question is asking about a historical event and person related to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. COINTELPRO, or Counter Intelligence Program, was a series of covert and often illegal projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the 1960s and 1970s. The program aimed to survey, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt domestic political organizations. The man who created COINTELPRO and encouraged subordinates to delve into the private life of Martin Luther King Jr and public figures with suspected communist links was J. Edgar Hoover, who was the first Director of the FBI. The Lorraine Motel is the place where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. "Free at last" is a phrase from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is a civil rights organization that played a major role in the American civil rights movement. However, the question is specifically asking about the person who created COINTELPRO, which is J. Edgar Hoover.