1956–1971
Federal surveillance / repressionBook sources
COINTELPRO and targeting of Black organizations
United States; Black activists and organizations
The FBI used covert disruption, informants and harassment against political groups, including Black liberation organizations. Zinn contrasts these operations with federal civil-rights concessions.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
1956–1971 is the broader program period; the specifically named Black Nationalist program began later.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H01 at 00:13:48 (approximate; supplied recording)
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H01 at 00:14:46 (approximate; supplied recording)