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Federal surveillance of African Americans,

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 infiltrat...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, [2010]
Subjects:
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Archives.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century > Sources.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Sources.
Randolph, A. Philip > (Asa Philip), > 1889-1979 > Archives.
Radicalism > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.
Powell, Adam Clayton, > Jr., > 1908-1972 > Archives.
Black Panther Party > Archives.
Committee for Public Justice (U.S.) > Archives.
Elijah Muhammad, > 1897-1975 > Archives.
Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) > Archives.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > Archives.
Liuzzo, Viola, > 1925-1965 > Archives.
X, Malcolm, > 1925-1965 > Archives.
Moorish Science Temple of America > Archives.
Penn, Lemuel > 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.
Robeson, Paul, > 1898-1976 > Archives.
Jackson, Jesse, > 1941- > Archives.
Wilkins, Roy, > 1901-1981 > Archives.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) > Archives.
Marshall, Thurgood, > 1908-1993 > Archives.
Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963 > Archives.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference > Archives.
Garvey, Marcus, > 1887-1940 > Archives.
Electronic reference sources.
Databases.
Online Access:http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://coral.library.tamu.edu/resourcelink.php?resource=5297
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Reproductions of originals from the FBI Library.
Date range of documents: 1920-1984.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (88,021 images)