Artists As Activists: Paying the Price
Ever since the first cave person drew on a cave wall, artists have used their art to comment on the human condition and to decry inequity and man’s inhumanity to man---but not without a cost. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they tell how the FBI, CIA, and other law enforcement agencies spied on, threatened, harassed, and tried to silence Black/African American writers, performers, and artists simply because they spoke out against systemic racism in the U.S. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry
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Book: The FBI used 'dirty tricks' to target Black artists
FBI monitored and critiqued African American writers for decades
FBI Records: The Vault — The Vault
In the McCarthy Era, to Be Black Was to Be Red
'Mr. Soul!' soundtrack showcases classic sounds of the Black Power era
Sadie Barnette Turned Her Black Panther Father’s FBI File Into Art
Southern Negro Youth Congress (1937-1949)
Surveillance Under the Patriot Act
The FBI's Long, Alarming History of Investigating Black Musicians
Tracking Activists: The FBI's Surveillance of Black Women Activists Then and Now |
The Enduring Legacy of Eartha Kitt, a Subversive Icon Targeted by the CIA
What Was the Black International?
When Eartha Kitt Condemned Poverty and War at the White House
Why Are the NYPD ‘Hip-Hop Police’ Spying on Rappers?
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