Under the Watchful (F.B.)Eye: J. Edgar Hoover & the F.B.I. versus African American LiteratureMain MenuThe SubjectsThe FilesSelections from the larger files on the Subjects.Bright FlightMap that documents the extensive travel (and emigration) of some of the subjects."Weakening and Unlinking the Unified Chain": Black activism and the F.B.I.Timeline regarding the FBI and subject surveillance.Page versus PageA visualization that explores the subjects and their works contrasted by their files.About the ProjectBackground and explanation for project, including information about the data used in this project.Additional ResourcesResources related to the project and/or subjects.Ateanna Uriri152ac9ea5711f93955a4ae7062c26fc2e5b8f958Under the Watchful (F.B.)Eye by Ateanna Uriri
Background
12019-05-04T19:42:19-07:00Ateanna Uriri152ac9ea5711f93955a4ae7062c26fc2e5b8f9583336211A few words about the F.B. Eyeplain8564352019-05-04T20:15:40-07:00Ateanna Uriri152ac9ea5711f93955a4ae7062c26fc2e5b8f958Based on the work of Dr. William J. Maxwell (and author Richard Wright), Under the Watchful (F.B.)Eye seeks to understand the motivations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) and its director, J. Edgar Hoover, in the constant surveillance of notable people of color and institutions that affirm the humanity of people of color. Specifically, the project examines seven "subjects" - James Baldwin, Shirley Graham & W. E. B. Du Bois, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, Pauli Murray, and Richard Wright - and how they worked and lived under the watchful eye of the F.B.I.
12019-04-13T01:16:40-07:00The FB Eye Blues3Richard Wright (1949)meta2019-04-13T02:15:21-07:00Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays (Brown University). Broadsides1949Wright, Richard, "The FB eye blues" (1949). Harris Broadsides. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:294360/
