Civil Rights

06.27.13

Rodney King

Rodney Glen King (1965-2012) was the victim of an abusive arrest by Los Angeles police officers on March 3, 1991. Two officers involved in the arrest were found guilty of depriving King of his civil rights.

07.28.11

Betty Shabazz

Betty Shabazz (1934-1997) born Betty Sanders, aka “Betty X”, was a civil rights advocate and the wife of Malcolm X. The files in this release range from 1958 to 1970.

07.07.11

Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) was a civil rights activist and counselor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr. Rustin was investigated for his ties to the Communist Party of the USA. These files are primarily dated during the 1960s.

06.08.11

Mario Savio

Mario Savio (1942-1996) was a political and human rights activist from the University of California at Berkeley who became the voice of the Free Speech Movement. He was investigated by the FBI from July 1964 until January 1975, following his arrest in March 1964 at a civil rights demonstration in San Francisco.

05.10.11

Freedom Riders

May 4, 1961

03.29.11

Malcolm Little (Malcolm X)

(1925-1965)

03.22.11

Benjamin Hooks

Benjamin Lawson Hooks (1925-2010) was a civil rights leader who served as the director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for more than a decade. This release consists of a background investigation file with materials dated 1972-1980 and several investigative files concerning threats against Hooks or the NAACP between 1987 and 1990.

03.22.11

Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was a voting rights activist and civil rights leader. In June 1963, she and several other voting rights activists were arrested at a Mississippi bus station. This release concerns the FBI’s investigation into possible civil rights violations relating to that arrest.

03.02.11

James Farmer

03.02.11

Black Guerilla Family

03.02.11

Richard Barrett

Richard Anthony Barrett Richard Anthony Barrett (1934-2010) was a leader of several white supremacist groups. In 1987, following a rally in Cummings, Georgia, Barrett received a death threat that he reported to the FBI. This release consists of five different investigations conducted between 1967 and 2003 in which Barrett was either a subject of the case or was mentioned in another investigation

12.06.10

Thurgood Marshall

12.06.10

Viola Liuzzo

12.06.10

Malcolm X

12.06.10

Mississippi Burning (MIBURN) Case

12.06.10

Stanley Levison

12.06.10

White Supremacist Groups

12.06.10

Roy Wilkins

12.06.10

Leander Perez, Sr.

12.06.10

Mack Charles Parker