Grace Lee Boggs was a human rights advocate whose work spanned the course of seven decades before her death in 2015. In the 1940s she co-founded the Johnson\u2013Forest Tendency, a radical left group associated with Marxist humanism, and in the 1950s she married the Black radical activist James Boggs, and subsequently developed a professional relationship with Malcolm X.
\n\nHer extensive FBI files cover two investigations: one from 1948-1974, and a separate one from 1953-1975. Boggs requested and received a redacted copy of the first file during her lifetime.
\n\nFOIA The Dead thanks Ben Tarnoff and Daniel Greene for their assistance in retrieving these files.
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\n\nHe is characterized as a persuasive, charismatic speaker. Interestingly, the file contains no mention of Trudell's participation in the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island, nor the November 1972 occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The file references a \"characterization of AIM and Wounded Knee\" attachment which was not included.
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\n\nThat connection led to the couple being effectively blacklisted during the McCarthy Era, but also led to a favorable reception in China. She visited the country frequently between 1970 and 1989, and she and her husband's appearance onstage with Mao on her first visit was considered a gesture of China's willingness to reopen ties to the U.S. After the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, she became a harsh critic of China's civil rights abuses, and vowed not to return. When she finally did plan another visit, in 2000, it was blocked by the Chinese government.
\n\nDespite that extensive history with China, her FBI file consists of a single report of a 1975 visit described in the press.
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\n\nThe Colby College chapter he led was not apparently successful. According to the FBI report, it attracted only two freshmen, and \"none of the three members were particularly enthused about the organization.\"
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", "slug": "cathleen-morawetz", "twitter_desc": "Cathleen Morawetz was a mathematician and NYU professor whose research on the motion of fluids and waves was relevant to supersonic aircraft wing design. Her file describes a monthlong visit to the Soviet Union in 1963 as part of an Exchange Agreement, as well as FBI efforts to interview her (and apparently share technical information with her) without alerting her to the identity of a particular Bureau informant." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4595301-Drue-Heinz-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4595301-Drue-Heinz-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Drue Heinz was a patron of the arts, publisher of _The Paris Review_, and\u2014for a brief stretch in 1950\u2014an actress. Her FBI file, which mostly refers to her as Doreen Mary Maher, consists of a background check conducted in 1948, apparently in connection to employment with the Voice of America.", "headline": "Drue Heinz, a Philanthropist of Literature, Dies at 103", "long_desc": null, "name": "Drue Heinz", "obit_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/obituaries/drue-heinz-a-philanthropist-of-literature-dies-at-103.html", "pages": 26, "short_desc": "Drue Heinz was a patron of the arts, publisher of The Paris Review, and\u2014for a brief stretch in 1950\u2014an actress. Her FBI file, which mostly refers to her as Doreen Mary Maher, consists of a background check conducted in 1948, apparently in connection to employment with the Voice of America.
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\n\nThe document in Domino's file is labeled \"SUBJECT: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.\" and refers to an earlier airtel from the FBI's Philadelphia office. That earlier message is included below for reference, and describes an \"extremely discreet spot check at the Franklin Motor Inn,\" during which Domino's car was spotted and\u2014it seems\u2014mistakenly connected with King. The original document can be found in context in MLK's complete FBI file, which runs to over 16,600 pages. The Philadelphia airtel begins on page 49 of file 32.
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", "slug": "andrzej-wajda", "twitter_desc": "Andrzej Wajda was a Polish film and theater director who worked during the height of the Cold War. His FBI file primarily addresses a trip to Los Angeles in 1976 (probably for the Academy Awards, where his _The Promised Land_ was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film) in which one member of his group was a subject of FBI monitoring." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4324777-Harry-Hongda-Wu-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324777-Harry-Hongda-Wu-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Harry Hongda Wu was an activist and naturalized American citizen who traveled to China repeatedly to document human rights abuses, including the sale of organs, in the prison system there. His file primarily consists of his documenting those abuses.", "headline": "Harry Wu, Who Told World of Abuses in China, Dies at 79", "long_desc": null, "name": "Harry Wu", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/world/asia/harry-wu-who-told-world-of-abuses-in-china-dies-at-79.html", "pages": 63, "short_desc": "Harry Hongda Wu was an activist and naturalized American citizen who traveled to China repeatedly to document human rights abuses, including the sale of organs, in the prison system there. His file primarily consists of his documenting those abuses.
", "slug": "harry-wu", "twitter_desc": "Harry Hongda Wu was an activist and naturalized American citizen who traveled to China repeatedly to document human rights abuses, including the sale of organs, in the prison system there. His file primarily consists of his documenting those abuses." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4324775-Robert-E-Allen-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324775-Robert-E-Allen-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Robert Allen was the chief executive and chairman of AT&T; for nearly a decade beginning in 1988\u2014a transitional period for the U.S. telecommunications industry. His FBI file consists of background checks conducted during his AT&T; leadership, as he was considered for various federal government jobs.", "headline": "Robert E. Allen, 81, Dies; Led an AT&T in Transition", "long_desc": null, "name": "Robert E. Allen", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/technology/robert-allen-dead.html", "pages": 224, "short_desc": "Robert Allen was the chief executive and chairman of AT&T for nearly a decade beginning in 1988\u2014a transitional period for the U.S. telecommunications industry. His FBI file consists of background checks conducted during his AT&T leadership, as he was considered for various federal government jobs.
", "slug": "robert-e-allen", "twitter_desc": "Robert Allen was the chief executive and chairman of AT&T; for nearly a decade beginning in 1988\u2014a transitional period for the U.S. telecommunications industry. His FBI file consists of background checks conducted during his AT&T; leadership, as he was considered for various federal government jobs." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4324621-Edward-Mike-Davis-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324621-Edward-Mike-Davis-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Although he was a notable oil industry magnate and received widespread coverage when he married the Denver Post heiress 40 years his senior (after previously working as her chauffeur), Mike Davis was best known at the time of his death as the \"World's Grumpiest Boss,\" after his 1970s-era office memos banning \"levity\" and even unsolicited greetings circulated online. His FBI file captures yet another facet of his life, documenting over some 200 pages a dramatic $50,000 Las Vegas extortion attempt of which he was the victim, and which involved Frank Sinatra and a number of famous casinos.", "headline": "Mike Davis, \u2018World\u2019s Grumpiest Boss,\u2019 Dies at 85", "long_desc": null, "name": "Mike Davis", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/business/edward-davis-worlds-grumpiest-boss-dies-at-85.html", "pages": 9, "short_desc": "Although he was a notable oil industry magnate and received widespread coverage when he married the Denver Post heiress 40 years his senior (after previously working as her chauffeur), Mike Davis was best known at the time of his death as the \"World's Grumpiest Boss,\" after his 1970s-era office memos banning \"levity\" and even unsolicited greetings circulated online. His FBI file captures yet another facet of his life, documenting over some 200 pages a dramatic $50,000 Las Vegas extortion attempt of which he was the victim, and which involved Frank Sinatra and a number of famous casinos.
", "slug": "mike-davis", "twitter_desc": "Although he was a notable oil industry magnate and received widespread coverage when he married the Denver Post heiress 40 years his senior (after previously working as her chauffeur), Mike Davis was best known at the time of his death as the \"World's Grumpiest Boss,\" after his 1970s-era office memos banning \"levity\" and even unsolicited greetings circulated online. His FBI file captures yet another facet of his life, documenting over some 200 pages a dramatic $50,000 Las Vegas extortion attempt of which he was the victim, and which involved Frank Sinatra and a number of famous casinos." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4324533-Edward-Daly-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324533-Edward-Daly-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Father Edward Daly was a Roman Catholic bishop from Northern Ireland who achieved prominence for his role at the forefront of the protest march on what became known as \"Bloody Sunday.\" In 1972 he visited New York, where the FBI recorded plans to monitor him and describes an interview the Bureau conducted with him at the Roosevelt Hotel.", "headline": "Edward Daly, Peace-Seeking Bishop in Northern Ireland\u2019s \u2018Troubles,\u2019 Dies at 82", "long_desc": null, "name": "Edward Daly", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/world/europe/edward-daly-bishop-northern-ireland-troubles-dies.html", "pages": 12, "short_desc": "Father Edward Daly was a Roman Catholic bishop from Northern Ireland who achieved prominence for his role at the forefront of the protest march on what became known as \"Bloody Sunday.\" In 1972 he visited New York, where the FBI recorded plans to monitor him and describes an interview the Bureau conducted with him at the Roosevelt Hotel.
", "slug": "edward-daly", "twitter_desc": "Father Edward Daly was a Roman Catholic bishop from Northern Ireland who achieved prominence for his role at the forefront of the protest march on what became known as \"Bloody Sunday.\" In 1972 he visited New York, where the FBI recorded plans to monitor him and describes an interview the Bureau conducted with him at the Roosevelt Hotel." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4324523-Warren-Hinckle-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324523-Warren-Hinckle-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Warren J. Hinckle, III was a well-known columnist and provocateur best known as the editor of Ramparts magazine and a vocal (and at times gonzo) proponent of left politics. His FBI file pertains chiefly to an investigation into an advertisement placed in 1981 seeking to recruit volunteers for an American brigade of the IRA, and also contains excerpts of his writing on Cuba.", "headline": "Warren Hinckle, Ramparts Editor Who Embraced Gonzo Journalism, Dies at 77", "long_desc": "Warren J. Hinckle, III was a well-known columnist and provocateur best known as the editor of Ramparts magazine and a vocal (and at times gonzo) proponent of left politics. His FBI file pertains chiefly to an investigation into an advertisement placed in 1981 seeking to recruit volunteers for an American brigade of the IRA, and also contains excerpts of his writing on Cuba.
\n\nMuckrock has posted a more extensive look into the contents of Hinckle's FBI file.
", "name": "Warren Hinckle", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/business/media/warren-hinckle-dead.html", "pages": 79, "short_desc": "Warren J. Hinckle, III was a well-known columnist and provocateur best known as the editor of Ramparts magazine and a vocal (and at times gonzo) proponent of left politics. His FBI file pertains chiefly to an investigation into an advertisement placed in 1981 seeking to recruit volunteers for an American brigade of the IRA, and also contains excerpts of his writing on Cuba.
", "slug": "warren-hinckle", "twitter_desc": "Warren J. Hinckle, III was a well-known columnist and provocateur best known as the editor of Ramparts magazine and a vocal (and at times gonzo) proponent of left politics. His FBI file pertains chiefly to an investigation into an advertisement placed in 1981 seeking to recruit volunteers for an American brigade of the IRA, and also contains excerpts of his writing on Cuba." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4324554-Thinh-Tri-Ngo-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324554-Thinh-Tri-Ngo-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Trinh Thi Ngo broadcast as \"Hanoi Hannah\" from North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Her show aimed to damage the morale of American troops. Her short FBI file mentions her only in passing, in a report about a similar show that was believed to be recorded within the U.S.\u2014the show hosts claimed to be in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles\u2014and shipped to Vietnam for broadcast there.", "headline": "Trinh Thi Ngo, Broadcaster Called \u2018Hanoi Hannah\u2019 in Vietnam War, Dies", "long_desc": null, "name": "Trinh Thi Ngo", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/world/asia/trinh-thi-ngo-hanoi-hannah-vietnam-war.html", "pages": 3, "short_desc": "Trinh Thi Ngo broadcast as \"Hanoi Hannah\" from North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Her show aimed to damage the morale of American troops. Her short FBI file mentions her only in passing, in a report about a similar show that was believed to be recorded within the U.S.\u2014the show hosts claimed to be in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles\u2014and shipped to Vietnam for broadcast there.
", "slug": "trinh-thi-ngo", "twitter_desc": "Trinh Thi Ngo broadcast as \"Hanoi Hannah\" from North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Her show aimed to damage the morale of American troops. Her short FBI file mentions her only in passing, in a report about a similar show that was believed to be recorded within the U.S.\u2014the show hosts claimed to be in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles\u2014and shipped to Vietnam for broadcast there." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4324544-David-Bunnell-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324544-David-Bunnell-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "David Bunnell was one of the founding figures of the computer trade publication industry, involved in founding PC Magazine, Macworld and others. Before that, though, he was involved in New Left politics at the University of Nebraska, where as a student in 1968 he served as the president of the Students for a Democratic Society chapter. His FBI file tracks that group's activities during his tenure there.", "headline": "David Bunnell, a Founder of Tech Magazines PC World and Macworld, Dies at 69", "long_desc": null, "name": "David Bunnell", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/technology/david-bunnell-dead.html", "pages": 12, "short_desc": "David Bunnell was one of the founding figures of the computer trade publication industry, involved in founding PC Magazine, Macworld and others. Before that, though, he was involved in New Left politics at the University of Nebraska, where as a student in 1968 he served as the president of the Students for a Democratic Society chapter. His FBI file tracks that group's activities during his tenure there.
", "slug": "david-bunnell", "twitter_desc": "David Bunnell was one of the founding figures of the computer trade publication industry, involved in founding PC Magazine, Macworld and others. Before that, though, he was involved in New Left politics at the University of Nebraska, where as a student in 1968 he served as the president of the Students for a Democratic Society chapter. His FBI file tracks that group's activities during his tenure there." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4324558-Hugh-O-Brian-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324558-Hugh-O-Brian-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Hugh O'Brian was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Wyatt Earp during the height of the popularity of Western TV shows. His fame led to an invitation from Nobel Prize winning Dr. Albert Schweitzer to a hospital in Gabon, which inspired O'Brian to start a non-profit foundation for youth leadership. His FBI file consists of correspondence between the Bureau and his foundation, which invited multiple FBI directors to speak at events.", "headline": "Hugh O\u2019Brian Dies; Dashing TV Star of \u2018Wyatt Earp\u2019 Was 91", "long_desc": null, "name": "Hugh O'Brian", "obit_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/arts/television/hugh-obrian-dies-dashing-tv-star-of-wyatt-earp-was-91.html", "pages": 29, "short_desc": "Hugh O'Brian was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Wyatt Earp during the height of the popularity of Western TV shows. His fame led to an invitation from Nobel Prize winning Dr. Albert Schweitzer to a hospital in Gabon, which inspired O'Brian to start a non-profit foundation for youth leadership. His FBI file consists of correspondence between the Bureau and his foundation, which invited multiple FBI directors to speak at events.
", "slug": "hugh-o-brian", "twitter_desc": "Hugh O'Brian was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Wyatt Earp during the height of the popularity of Western TV shows. His fame led to an invitation from Nobel Prize winning Dr. Albert Schweitzer to a hospital in Gabon, which inspired O'Brian to start a non-profit foundation for youth leadership. His FBI file consists of correspondence between the Bureau and his foundation, which invited multiple FBI directors to speak at events." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4322335-Elaine-Lustig-Cohen-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4322335-Elaine-Lustig-Cohen-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Elaine Lustig Cohen was a painter and graphic designer responsible for the signage on the Seagram's Building, among many other clients. In the late 1960s, the FBI maintained a short file on her\u2014including monitoring her international travel\u2014and her husband, Arthur A. Cohen. The file includes some sensitive personal details about their marriage.", "headline": "Elaine Lustig Cohen, Designer Who Left Her Mark Everywhere, Dies at 89", "long_desc": null, "name": "Elaine Lustig Cohen", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/arts/design/elaine-lustig-cohen-designer-who-left-her-mark-everywhere-dies-at-89.html", "pages": 15, "short_desc": "Elaine Lustig Cohen was a painter and graphic designer responsible for the signage on the Seagram's Building, among many other clients. In the late 1960s, the FBI maintained a short file on her\u2014including monitoring her international travel\u2014and her husband, Arthur A. Cohen. The file includes some sensitive personal details about their marriage.
", "slug": "elaine-lustig-cohen", "twitter_desc": "Elaine Lustig Cohen was a painter and graphic designer responsible for the signage on the Seagram's Building, among many other clients. In the late 1960s, the FBI maintained a short file on her\u2014including monitoring her international travel\u2014and her husband, Arthur A. Cohen. The file includes some sensitive personal details about their marriage." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4321320-Nina-Ponomareva-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4321320-Nina-Ponomareva-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Nina Ponomoreva was an Olympic discus thrower from the Soviet Union. In 1956 she was involved in a minor diplomatic crisis, when she was accused (and found guilty) of shoplifting hats in the United Kingdom. Her short FBI file consists of newspaper reports of that incident and its fallout.", "headline": "Nina Ponomareva, Soviet Olympian Who Set Off a Diplomatic Crisis, Dies at 87", "long_desc": null, "name": "Nina Ponomareva", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/sports/olympics/nina-ponomareva-dead.html", "pages": 6, "short_desc": "Nina Ponomoreva was an Olympic discus thrower from the Soviet Union. In 1956 she was involved in a minor diplomatic crisis, when she was accused (and found guilty) of shoplifting hats in the United Kingdom. Her short FBI file consists of newspaper reports of that incident and its fallout.
", "slug": "nina-ponomareva", "twitter_desc": "Nina Ponomoreva was an Olympic discus thrower from the Soviet Union. In 1956 she was involved in a minor diplomatic crisis, when she was accused (and found guilty) of shoplifting hats in the United Kingdom. Her short FBI file consists of newspaper reports of that incident and its fallout." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4311552-Sammy-Lee-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4311552-Sammy-Lee-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Sammy Lee was the first Asian-American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. He subsequently worked as a doctor and coach, and was honored by six U.S. presidents. In 1990, he was appointed to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, and his FBI file mostly pertains to the background check required for that position.", "headline": "Sammy Lee, First Asian-American Man to Earn Olympic Gold, Dies at 96", "long_desc": null, "name": "Sammy Lee", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/sports/sammy-lee-dies-asian-american-olympic-gold.html", "pages": 18, "short_desc": "Sammy Lee was the first Asian-American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. He subsequently worked as a doctor and coach, and was honored by six U.S. presidents. In 1990, he was appointed to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, and his FBI file mostly pertains to the background check required for that position.
", "slug": "sammy-lee", "twitter_desc": "Sammy Lee was the first Asian-American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. He subsequently worked as a doctor and coach, and was honored by six U.S. presidents. In 1990, he was appointed to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, and his FBI file mostly pertains to the background check required for that position." }, { "documentcloud_id": "4311463-Ahmed-Zewail-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4311463-Ahmed-Zewail-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Ahmed Zewail was a chemist and Nobel Prize winner who worked in the Obama White House as a science adviser. His file consists of background checks conducted for that position, conducted between 2008 and 2012.", "headline": "Ahmed H. Zewail, Nobel-Prize-Winning Chemist, Dies at 70", "long_desc": null, "name": "Ahmed H. Zewail", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/06/science/ahmed-h-zewail-nobel-prize-winning-chemist-dies-at-70.html", "pages": 179, "short_desc": "Ahmed Zewail was a chemist and Nobel Prize winner who worked in the Obama White House as a science adviser. His file consists of background checks conducted for that position, conducted between 2008 and 2012.
", "slug": "ahmed-h-zewail", "twitter_desc": "Ahmed Zewail was a chemist and Nobel Prize winner who worked in the Obama White House as a science adviser. His file consists of background checks conducted for that position, conducted between 2008 and 2012." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3762073-Coca-Crystal-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3762073-Coca-Crystal-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Coca Crystal was a counterculture activist and TV personality associated with New York City. Her file covers meetings she planned, attended, or led in the early 1970s, including one to protest Nixon's inauguration.", "headline": "Coca Crystal, Avatar of Counterculture and Provocateur, Dies at 68", "long_desc": null, "name": "Coca Crystal", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/nyregion/coca-crystal-avatar-of-counterculture-dies-at-68.html", "pages": 9, "short_desc": "Coca Crystal was a counterculture activist and TV personality associated with New York City. Her file covers meetings she planned, attended, or led in the early 1970s, including one to protest Nixon's inauguration.
", "slug": "coca-crystal", "twitter_desc": "Coca Crystal was a counterculture activist and TV personality associated with New York City. Her file covers meetings she planned, attended, or led in the early 1970s, including one to protest Nixon's inauguration." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3760686-Gus-Savage-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3760686-Gus-Savage-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Gus Savage worked as a civil rights activist and spokesman for the Progressive Party before he was elected to Congress to represent the South Side of Chicago. His lengthy FBI file covers that earlier activism, an (unsuccessful) loyalty check during an application for a federal government job, and investigations into threats against him during his time in office.", "headline": "Gus Savage, Ex-Lawmaker, Dies at 90", "long_desc": null, "name": "Gus Savage", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/us/gus-savage-ex-lawmaker-dies-at-90.html", "pages": 460, "short_desc": "Gus Savage worked as a civil rights activist and spokesman for the Progressive Party before he was elected to Congress to represent the South Side of Chicago. His lengthy FBI file covers that earlier activism, an (unsuccessful) loyalty check during an application for a federal government job, and investigations into threats against him during his time in office.
", "slug": "gus-savage", "twitter_desc": "Gus Savage worked as a civil rights activist and spokesman for the Progressive Party before he was elected to Congress to represent the South Side of Chicago. His lengthy FBI file covers that earlier activism, an (unsuccessful) loyalty check during an application for a federal government job, and investigations into threats against him during his time in office." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3519041-Robert-Foster-Bennett-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3519041-Robert-Foster-Bennett-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Years before Robert Foster Bennett served as Senator from Utah, he ran a public relations company that counted Howard Hughes as a client and once employed Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt. His FBI file pertains to a $50,000 political donation from Hughes to the Nixon re-election effort \u2014 a payment that Bennett coordinated with Gordon Liddy.", "headline": "Robert Bennett, Former Senator from Utah, Dies at 82", "long_desc": null, "name": "Robert Bennett", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/us/politics/robert-bennett-former-senator-from-utah-dies-at-82.html", "pages": 29, "short_desc": "Years before Robert Foster Bennett served as Senator from Utah, he ran a public relations company that counted Howard Hughes as a client and once employed Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt. His FBI file pertains to a $50,000 political donation from Hughes to the Nixon re-election effort \u2014 a payment that Bennett coordinated with Gordon Liddy.
", "slug": "robert-bennett", "twitter_desc": "Years before Robert Foster Bennett served as Senator from Utah, he ran a public relations company that counted Howard Hughes as a client and once employed Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt. His FBI file pertains to a $50,000 political donation from Hughes to the Nixon re-election effort \u2014 a payment that Bennett coordinated with Gordon Liddy." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3705342-Ben-Bagdikian-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3705342-Ben-Bagdikian-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Ben Bagdikian was a journalist perhaps best known as the _Washington Post_ reporter covering the Pentagon Papers. For a decade before that, J. Edgar Hoover held him in low regard, and his file largely consists of criticism from the Bureau.", "headline": "Ben H. Bagdikian, Reporter of Broad Range and Conscience, Dies at 96", "long_desc": "Before reporter Ben Bagdikian covered the Pentagon Papers for the Washington Post, he was the author of a series of critical articles about official secrecy and \"loyalty checks\" in federal law enforcement. These writings landed him on the bad side of J. Edgar Hoover, which resulted in decades of scrutiny.
\n\nThe Bureau subsequently collected and summarized his major writing, including a series of 12 articles on news magazines and their effect on politics. (Those summaries, and the articles they address, are included in this file.)
\n\nBut it was his 1961 article about the 37th anniversary of J. Edgar Hoover's appointment as chief that most rankled. Hoover annotated a copy of the article, asking that Bagdikian be removed from all Bureau mailings. He reportedly called the article \"utter bunk.\"
\n\nBagdikian was likely aware of his reputation within the Bureau, but would have had it confirmed when, in 1975, he filed a Freedom of Information Act request for his own file. That request, and the follow-up communications (including his check for $8.50 and a notarized signature) are also included in this file.
", "name": "Ben H. Bagdikian", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/business/media/ben-h-bagdikian-reporter-of-broad-range-and-conscience-dies-at-96.html", "pages": 191, "short_desc": "Ben Bagdikian was a journalist perhaps best known as the Washington Post reporter covering the Pentagon Papers. For a decade before that, J. Edgar Hoover held him in low regard, and his file largely consists of criticism from the Bureau.
", "slug": "ben-h-bagdikian", "twitter_desc": "Ben Bagdikian was a journalist perhaps best known as the _Washington Post_ reporter covering the Pentagon Papers. For a decade before that, J. Edgar Hoover held him in low regard, and his file largely consists of criticism from the Bureau." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3678971-Sam-Iacobellis-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3678971-Sam-Iacobellis-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Sam Iacobellis is the engineer credited with developing the B-1 bomber, an American stealth long-range aircraft that affected the course of the Cold War. His short file contains a report of contact with an official\u2014possibly one from the USSR\u2014and an FBI decision not to interview him afterward.", "headline": "Sam Iacobellis, Whose B-1 Bomber Recast the Cold War, Dies at 87", "long_desc": null, "name": "Sam Iacobellis", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/business/sam-iacobellis-dead.html", "pages": 5, "short_desc": "Sam Iacobellis is the engineer credited with developing the B-1 bomber, an American stealth long-range aircraft that affected the course of the Cold War. His short file contains a report of contact with an official\u2014possibly one from the USSR\u2014and an FBI decision not to interview him afterward.
", "slug": "sam-iacobellis", "twitter_desc": "Sam Iacobellis is the engineer credited with developing the B-1 bomber, an American stealth long-range aircraft that affected the course of the Cold War. His short file contains a report of contact with an official\u2014possibly one from the USSR\u2014and an FBI decision not to interview him afterward." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3674404-Norma-McCorvey-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3674404-Norma-McCorvey-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Norma McCorvey was the plaintiff, under the pseudonym Jane Roe, of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case ruling state anti-abortion laws unconstitutional. Her FBI file is focused on a 1989 incident, days before she was to participate in an abortion rights rally, in which unknown suspects fired a shotgun at her home and car.", "headline": "Norma McCorvey, \u2018Roe\u2019 in Roe v. Wade, Is Dead at 69", "long_desc": null, "name": "Norma McCorvey", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/obituaries/norma-mccorvey-dead-roe-v-wade.html", "pages": 26, "short_desc": "Norma McCorvey was the plaintiff, under the pseudonym Jane Roe, of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case ruling state anti-abortion laws unconstitutional. Her FBI file is focused on a 1989 incident, days before she was to participate in an abortion rights rally, in which unknown suspects fired a shotgun at her home and car.
", "slug": "norma-mccorvey", "twitter_desc": "Norma McCorvey was the plaintiff, under the pseudonym Jane Roe, of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case ruling state anti-abortion laws unconstitutional. Her FBI file is focused on a 1989 incident, days before she was to participate in an abortion rights rally, in which unknown suspects fired a shotgun at her home and car." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3671854-Madeline-Sherwood-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3671854-Madeline-Sherwood-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Madeline Sherwood was an actress most notable for her role in the 1960s television series \"The Flying Nun.\" She had previously been married to the playwright Robert Sherwood, whom the FBI believed to be involved with Communism. This file describes an effort to locate her, to interview her, and the decision not to approach her directly.", "headline": "Madeleine Sherwood, 93, Actress on \u2018The Flying Nun,\u2019 Stage and Screen, Dies", "long_desc": null, "name": "Madeleine Sherwood", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/arts/madeleine-sherwood-93-actress-on-the-flying-nun-stage-and-screen-dies.html", "pages": 10, "short_desc": "Madeline Sherwood was an actress most notable for her role in the 1960s television series \"The Flying Nun.\" She had previously been married to the playwright Robert Sherwood, whom the FBI believed to be involved with Communism. This file describes an effort to locate her, to interview her, and the decision not to approach her directly.
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", "slug": "daniel-aaron", "twitter_desc": "Daniel Aaron was a literary critic and historian credited with pioneering the field of \"American studies.\" His short FBI file is chiefly concerned with his contribution to a study on the role of Communism in the United States, announced in 1955." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3476757-Joseph-Medicine-Crow-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3476757-Joseph-Medicine-Crow-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Joseph Medicine Crow was a widely renowned Native American historian and anthropologist and the last living person to have heard spoken testimony from people at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His FBI file consists only of a single-page interview he gave to special agents about a friend, a Jeep accident, and an angry mob weilding two-by-fours.", "headline": "Joseph Medicine Crow, Tribal War Chief and Historian, Dies at 102", "long_desc": null, "name": "Joseph Medicine Crow", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/us/joseph-medicine-crow-tribal-war-chief-and-historian-dies-at-102.html", "pages": 1, "short_desc": "Joseph Medicine Crow was a widely renowned Native American historian and anthropologist and the last living person to have heard spoken testimony from people at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His FBI file consists only of a single-page interview he gave to special agents about a friend, a Jeep accident, and an angry mob weilding two-by-fours.
", "slug": "joseph-medicine-crow", "twitter_desc": "Joseph Medicine Crow was a widely renowned Native American historian and anthropologist and the last living person to have heard spoken testimony from people at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His FBI file consists only of a single-page interview he gave to special agents about a friend, a Jeep accident, and an angry mob weilding two-by-fours." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475344-Haskell-Wexler-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475344-Haskell-Wexler-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Haskell Wexler was the award-winning filmmaker known for \"Medium Cool\" (1969) and others. The FBI monitored him before and after his 1976 documentary \"Underground,\" about the radical Weathermen, and attempted to subpoena his raw footage.", "headline": "Haskell Wexler, Oscar-Winning Cinematographer, Dies at 93", "long_desc": null, "name": "Haskell Wexler", "obit_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/movies/haskell-wexler-oscar-winning-cinematographer-dies-at-93.html", "pages": 163, "short_desc": "Haskell Wexler was the award-winning filmmaker known for \"Medium Cool\" (1969) and others. The FBI monitored him before and after his 1976 documentary \"Underground,\" about the radical Weathermen, and attempted to subpoena his raw footage.
", "slug": "haskell-wexler", "twitter_desc": "Haskell Wexler was the award-winning filmmaker known for \"Medium Cool\" (1969) and others. The FBI monitored him before and after his 1976 documentary \"Underground,\" about the radical Weathermen, and attempted to subpoena his raw footage." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475321-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-fbi-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475321-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-fbi-file", "fb_desc": "Bhumibol Aduljadej was king of Thailand for 70 years. In 2000, Thai law enforcement requested the FBI\u2019s help in locating a \"disrespectful\" online impersonator.", "headline": "King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Dies at 88; Reigned 70 Years", "long_desc": null, "name": "King Bhumibol Aduljadej", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/world/asia/thai-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-dies.html", "pages": 5, "short_desc": "Bhumibol Aduljadej was king of Thailand for 70 years. In 2000, Thai law enforcement requested the FBI\u2019s help in locating a \"disrespectful\" online impersonator.
", "slug": "king-bhumibol-aduljadej", "twitter_desc": "Bhumibol Aduljadej was king of Thailand for 70 years. In 2000, Thai law enforcement requested the FBI\u2019s help in locating a \"disrespectful\" online impersonator." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475336-Michael-Mariotte-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475336-Michael-Mariotte-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Michael Mariotte was a prominent anti-nuclear activist throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Before that, in 1973, he\u2019d gotten the FBI\u2019s attention as a member of the Youth International Party and a potential protestor at Richard Nixon\u2019s inauguration.", "headline": "Michael Mariotte, a Leading Antinuclear Activist, Dies at 63", "long_desc": null, "name": "Michael Mariotte", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/michael-mariotte-a-leading-antinuclear-activist-dies-at-63.html", "pages": 2, "short_desc": "Michael Mariotte was a prominent anti-nuclear activist throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Before that, in 1973, he\u2019d gotten the FBI\u2019s attention as a member of the Youth International Party and a potential protestor at Richard Nixon\u2019s inauguration.", "slug": "michael-mariotte", "twitter_desc": "Michael Mariotte was a prominent anti-nuclear activist throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Before that, in 1973, he\u2019d gotten the FBI\u2019s attention as a member of the Youth International Party and a potential protestor at Richard Nixon\u2019s inauguration." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475338-Morley-Safer-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475338-Morley-Safer-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Morley Safer was a Canadian journalist who came to prominence offering unvarnished coverage of the Vietnam War. After receiving a viewer complain that Safer\u2019s reporting would be \"destructive to morale,\" FBI prepared a report but declined to investigate further.", "headline": "Morley Safer, Mainstay of \u201860 Minutes,\u2019 Is Dead at 84", "long_desc": null, "name": "Morley Safer", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/business/media/morley-safer-dies.html", "pages": 11, "short_desc": "Morley Safer was a Canadian journalist who came to prominence offering unvarnished coverage of the Vietnam War. After receiving a viewer complain that Safer\u2019s reporting would be "destructive to morale," FBI prepared a report but declined to investigate further.", "slug": "morley-safer", "twitter_desc": "Morley Safer was a Canadian journalist who came to prominence offering unvarnished coverage of the Vietnam War. After receiving a viewer complain that Safer\u2019s reporting would be \"destructive to morale,\" FBI prepared a report but declined to investigate further." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475326-Mark-Lane-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475326-Mark-Lane-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Mark Lane was a leading proponent of the theory that the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a conspiracy. His FBI file concerns travel in 1980 to Lebanon, but concedes that he \"has been known to the Bureau since the early 1960s.\"", "headline": "Mark Lane, Who Asserted That Kennedy Was Killed in Conspiracy, Dies at 89", "long_desc": null, "name": "Mark Lane", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/us/mark-lane-who-asserted-that-kennedy-was-killed-in-conspiracy-dies-at-89.html", "pages": 9, "short_desc": "Mark Lane was a leading proponent of the theory that the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a conspiracy. His FBI file concerns travel in 1980 to Lebanon, but concedes that he \"has been known to the Bureau since the early 1960s.\"
", "slug": "mark-lane", "twitter_desc": "Mark Lane was a leading proponent of the theory that the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a conspiracy. His FBI file concerns travel in 1980 to Lebanon, but concedes that he \"has been known to the Bureau since the early 1960s.\"" }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475329-William-V-Campbell-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475329-William-V-Campbell-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Bill Campbell was an executive and advisor for large tech companies such as Apple and Google. His file consists primarily of an FBI interview conducted in 2007 about an options backdating scandal at Apple, where he served on the board.", "headline": "Bill Campbell, Coach of Silicon Valley Stars, Dies at 75", "long_desc": null, "name": "Bill Campbell", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/business/bill-campbell-coach-of-silicon-valley-stars-dies-at-75.html", "pages": 8, "short_desc": "Bill Campbell was an executive and advisor for large tech companies such as Apple and Google. His file consists primarily of an FBI interview conducted in 2007 about an options backdating scandal at Apple, where he served on the board.
", "slug": "bill-campbell", "twitter_desc": "Bill Campbell was an executive and advisor for large tech companies such as Apple and Google. His file consists primarily of an FBI interview conducted in 2007 about an options backdating scandal at Apple, where he served on the board." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475323-William-Lawrence-O-Neill-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475323-William-Lawrence-O-Neill-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "William O\u2019Neill wrote a dozen books about history and radicalism through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. His participation in activism was monitored by the FBI \u2014 particularly his involvement in an Fair Play for Cuba event, where he served as master of ceremonies.", "headline": "William L. O\u2019Neill, a Historian Who Wrote About Radicals, Dies at 80", "long_desc": null, "name": "William L. O\u2019Neill", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/books/william-l-oneill-a-historian-who-wrote-about-radicals-dies-at-80.html", "pages": 9, "short_desc": "William O\u2019Neill wrote a dozen books about history and radicalism through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. His participation in activism was monitored by the FBI \u2014 particularly his involvement in an Fair Play for Cuba event, where he served as master of ceremonies.
", "slug": "william-l-oneill", "twitter_desc": "William O\u2019Neill wrote a dozen books about history and radicalism through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. His participation in activism was monitored by the FBI \u2014 particularly his involvement in an Fair Play for Cuba event, where he served as master of ceremonies." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475335-Boutros-Boutros-Ghali-FBI-File", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475335-Boutros-Boutros-Ghali-FBI-File", "fb_desc": "Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as the U.N. Secretary General in the post-Cold War era after decades as an Egyptian diplomat. His FBI file mostly dates to the beginning of that era, and remains heavily redacted.", "headline": "Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former U.N. Secretary General, Dies at 93", "long_desc": null, "name": "Boutros Boutros-Ghali", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/world/boutros-boutros-ghali-death.html", "pages": 14, "short_desc": "Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as the U.N. Secretary General in the post-Cold War era after decades as an Egyptian diplomat. His FBI file mostly dates to the beginning of that era, and remains heavily redacted.
", "slug": "boutros-boutros-ghali", "twitter_desc": "Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as the U.N. Secretary General in the post-Cold War era after decades as an Egyptian diplomat. His FBI file mostly dates to the beginning of that era, and remains heavily redacted." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3475324-Herbert-Leroy-Adams-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3475324-Herbert-Leroy-Adams-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "FBI file and information about Dr. Herbert L. Abrams.", "headline": "Dr. Herbert L. Abrams, Who Worked Against Nuclear War, Dies at 95", "long_desc": null, "name": "Dr. Herbert L. Abrams", "obit_url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/science/herbert-abrams-worked-against-nuclear-war.html", "pages": 20, "short_desc": null, "slug": "dr-herbert-l-abrams", "twitter_desc": "FBI file and information about Dr. Herbert L. Abrams." }, { "documentcloud_id": "3035491-Robert-Stigwood-FBI-file", "documentcloud_url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3035491-Robert-Stigwood-FBI-file", "fb_desc": "Robert Stigwood was an Australian entertainment producer and executive associated with the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, \"Saturday Night Fever,\" \"Grease,\" and more. An FBI attach\u00e9 in Australia, acting on a request from an undisclosed party, requested a criminal check on Stigwood in mid-1991.", "headline": "Robert Stigwood, Entrepreneur of Rock and Film, Is Dead at 81", "long_desc": "Robert Stigwood was an Australian music and movie producer and executive who achieved international success with acts such as the Bee Gees and Eric Clapton, and films such as \"Saturday Night Fever,\" \"Grease,\" and \"Evita.\" Before his death in January 2016, he was frequently ranked among the wealthiest people in Britain.
\n\nIn May and June of 1991, around the time that Disney aborted plans to fund a film version of \"Evita\" directed by Oliver Stone, the FBI's legal attach\u00e9 in Canberra, Australia contacted the Bureau's Los Angeles and central headquarters requesting a criminal check on Stigwood after a request from an unknown party.
\n\nThe FBI came up empty-handed after performing the requested search and checking the records of the California Department of Justice, the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Los Angeles Count Sheriff's Department. Information about that request was furnished to the unknown party.
\n\nFrom to FBI records:
\n\n\n\nOn 5/29/91, [REDACTED] contacted [FBI's Canberra legal attach\u00e9] concerning Stigwood.
\n\nHe advised that Robert Stigwood ... is under consideration by [REDACTED] to be [REDACTED].
\n\nStigwood is a relatively well-known Australian movie producer/director who has spent much of his life in the Hollywood California area.
\n\nLead at Los Angeles, California: Conduct an indices search for any information concerning Stigwood and advise [legal attach\u00e9] Canberra for dissemination to [REDACTED]. A prompt reply would be appreciated.
Redacted records of that correspondence make up the entirety of Stigwood's released FBI file and are reproduced below.
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\n\nOxley was one of two former FBI agents to serve in Congress\u2014the other, Rep. Don Edwards, served as chair of the House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights and frequently butted heads with his former employer on policy issues.
\n\nIn the years after Oxley's 1971 retirement from the FBI, he remained close with the Bureau's leadership and continued to exchange friendly correspondence. He received letters of thanks from FBI directors each time he defended the agency in the Congressional Record. Today, FOIA The Dead is publishing Oxley's complete FBI file, including the following notable points:
\n\nIn 1971 Oxley received personal commendation from J. Edgar Hoover for his efforts in arresting suspects involved in a bank robbery. According to Roll Call, the bank robbery involved the Black Panthers.
\n\n\nThe high quality of your efforts incident to the investigation and apprehensions of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] the subjects of a Bank Robbery case, is indeed worthy of commendation.
\n\nIn spite of the difficulties you encountered, you skillfully and with great dispatch effected the arrests of these Bureau fugitives without causing insurmountable problems. I am appreciative.
Also in 1971, Oxley received a $200 \"incentive award\" authorized by Hoover for working with an informant to apprehend one of the suspects in the killing of NYPD officer Kenneth Nugent. Two of the people charged for that crime were the last people sentenced to death in New York before a State Court ruled the law unconstitutional; their sentences were reduced to 25 years to life.
A section of the FBI's August 1969 pre-employment background check is representative of the Bureau's concerns in the era:
\n\n[REDACTED], A NON-HIPPIE TYPE INDIVIDUAL RESIDING AT [REDACTED], ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] LIVES WITH HIM AT THIS ADDRESS AND IS SINGLE. ... STATED [REDACTED] IS NOT A HIPPIES [sic]. ALTHOUGH HE WEARS LONG HAIR.\n\n
Mike Oxley served in the House of Representatives, famously lending his name to high-profile anti-fraud legislation following the Enron scandal. He previously served as an FBI officer, and his file contains details from that service, including a personal commendation from J. Edgar Hoover and a cash award for working with an informant.
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\n\nThe overwhelming majority of Leonard's FBI file is the product of that investigation, which included exhaustive background checks into his education, his Coast Guard service, his employment history, and his finances (\"All offices note Appli[cant]'s poor credit rating,\" p. 17). Unsurprisingly, that history reflects the Jim Crow south in which Leonard was raised, including conflicting and ultimately discredited stories about insubordination and even embezzlement at various jobs.
\n\nOne example: he worked as a waiter at the restaurant O'Donnell's Sea Grill from 1950-1, and reportedly was fired for refusing to serve another cashier. Further FBI inquiries showed that Leonard was not at fault for the incident\u2014\"his discharge was the result of a misunderstanding and [the office manager of the restaurant] now felt that the applicant was not reprehensible.\" In the FBI's own words in 1966: \"Atlanta file shows that LEONARD was discharged from two jobs in Washington, D.C., and had poor credit rating while there; however, there appears to be some question as to whether he was actually discharged or resigned. There also appears to be some question as to whether these actions by the employers were justified or had a sound basis.\" (p. 68)
\n\nBut the records from after the application are even more illuminating about the work that would eventually win him national recognition. He received the prison job but was terminated seven months later, in October 1955. His file includes excerpts from a letter he wrote to the warden at the time.
\n\n\n\nLEONARD wrote that in connection with the decision by the Board of Supervisors to terminate his services, he wished to appraise the Warden of some \"rumors\" and \"falsehoods.\" He mentions allegations made to the effect that he was a \"spy\" for the Bureau of Prisons and that he was placed at Atlanta to \"break down segregation\" and push for \"integration.\" The letter notes that \"these things are out of proportion to common sense.\" LEONARD continued, \"It has been suggested that I have aired views, contrary to institution practice, along racial lines. If I knew who started this absurd propaganda, I would feel inclined to institute a suit for libel. Even if I had observed some discrimination, I am intelligent enough to realize I don't have the authority to contradict the administration of this institution.\" ...
\n\n\"I do not want to think that there was a racial angle to the opinion of my supervisors. I have written the Bureau, I have made no mention of this point; wanting to discuss this with you personally. I am not interested in the personal whims, prejudices, or selfish motives of anyone. My purpose is to do and keep a job.
(pp. 72-3. Emphasis added.)
\n\nOf course, some 15 years later Leonard would go on to have the authority at an institution where he was able to correct discrimination.
\n\nSome records from his file from that era are largely redacted. Context suggests that, in 1956, the FBI contacted Leonard to evaluate his suitability as an informant about the activities of members of the Nation of Islam, due to his position as office manager at \"Forrest Arms Hotel, ... where three of the Assistant Ministers of the Atlanta Temple reside ... He has been asked to attend their meetings and although he has not yet attended, he stated he will in the near future.\" (p. 68)
\n\nThe question of his informing seems to be mooted when Leonard lost that job and, in August of 1956, Leonard moved to Chicago, as one of millions of African American participants in the greater sociological phenomenon dubbed The Great Migration.
\n\nFinally, in 1979, a review of his file was made in advance of Leonard's presidential appointment by Jimmy Carter to serve on the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors.
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\n\nOn the Polish trips that garnered FBI attention, he was accompanied by a musician who had recently recorded a Norman-produced hit version of \"Dance, Little Bird,\" more commonly known as \"The Chicken Dance.\" According to FBI records, the trip was at the behest of the Polish state music and entertainment agency Ars Polonia to mark the release of the record in that country.
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