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The Washington Star reports new evidence of governmental spying on Black individuals and organizations.
1975 (Mar 28)
The Washington Star reported new evidence of governmental spying on Black individuals and organizations. These included investigations of Marion Barry, a former Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activist and ex-president of the Board of Education of Washington, D.C.; Walter Fauntroy, Washington, D.C.'s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; the Reverend David Eaton, pastor of Washington's All Souls Unitarian Church; and Absalom Frederick Jordan, chairman of the Black United Front. According to the Star, Barry's file read, “subject referred ... by FBI due to activities in SNCC, active in civil rights movement. Dislikes police.”
References:
- • Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.