FBI files, 1968-1971.

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FBI files, 1968-1971.

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Contains photocopies of NOW's FBI files which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The collection's primary correspondents are the Mobile, Alabama, FBI Field Office and the City of Mobile's Special Advisory Commission. Genre in the collection include summary reports of NOW's meetings, memorandum, newspaper clippings, and handbills. Subjects typically commented on by the FBI include, among others, civil rights, race relations, NOW membership, attitude of the African-American community toward NOW, school desegregation, black nationalism, economic boycotts, and voter registration.

.5 cu. ft.

University of South Alabama, Marx Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7994579

University of South Alabama, Marx Library

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Neighborhood Organized Workers (NOW)

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The Neighborhood Organized Workers was established in Mobile, Alabama, in July 1966. NOW used direct action tactics in an effort to achieve political, social, and economic reform in the African-American community. From the description of FBI files, 1968-1971. (University of South Alabama). WorldCat record id: 69366874 ...

Neighborhood Organized Workers.

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Special Advisory Commission

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...