Aretha Franklin was tracked by the FBI in the 1960s and ’70s, newly declassified files show

A 270-page file shows “disgusting suspicion of the famed Black singer, her work, and activists around her,” according to journalist Jenn Dize.

FBI surveillance files tracking Aretha Franklin’s racial justice activism in the 1960s and ’70s were unsealed for the first time Thursday at the request of a journalist under the Freedom of Information Act.

The 270-page today! 

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