Federal surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984.

Contains reproductions of hundreds of FBI files documenting the federal scrutiny, harassment, and prosecution to which black Americans of all political persuasions were subjected. Many of the documents originated with black "confidential special informants" enlisted by the FBI to infiltrate a variet...

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Corporate Author: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Language:English
Published: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale/Cengage Learning, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Archives unbound.
Subjects:
Randolph, A. Philip > (Asa Philip), > 1889-1979 > Archives.
Powell, Adam Clayton, > Jr., > 1908-1972 > Archives.
Elijah Muhammad, > 1897-1975 > Archives.
Liuzzo, Viola, > 1925-1965 > Archives.
X, Malcolm, > 1925-1965 > Archives.
Penn, Lemuel > Archives.
Robeson, Paul, > 1898-1976 > Archives.
Jackson, Jesse, > 1941- > Archives.
Wilkins, Roy, > 1901-1981 > Archives.
Marshall, Thurgood, > 1908-1993 > Archives.
Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963 > Archives.
Garvey, Marcus, > 1887-1940 > Archives.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Archives.
Black Panther Party > Archives.
Committee for Public Justice (U.S.) > Archives.
Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) > Archives.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > Archives.
Moorish Science Temple of America > Archives.
Muslim Mosque, Inc. > Archives.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > Archives.
National Negro Congress (U.S.) > Archives.
Organization of Afro-American Unity > Archives.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) > Archives.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference > Archives.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century > Sources.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Sources.
Radicalism > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.
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Archives.
Sources.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (88,021 images).
Format: Electronic eBook
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Contains reproductions of hundreds of FBI files documenting the federal scrutiny, harassment, and prosecution to which black Americans of all political persuasions were subjected. Many of the documents originated with black "confidential special informants" enlisted by the FBI to infiltrate a variety of organizations. The collection provides detailed coverage of: "Negro radicals" and their organizations; the FBI's infringement of First Amendment freedoms; and its preoccupation with black radicalism between 1920 and 1984.
Note:Reproductions of originals from the FBI Library.
Date range of documents: 1920-1984.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:E185.615 .F44 2010 Online
Source of Description:
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