"Weakening and Unlinking the Unified Chain": Black activism and the F.B.I.

In the disillusioned judgment of Tyrone Powers, a retired black FBI agent, the Bureau's steady aim was to "weaken and unlink the unified chain" of black self-organization, frustrating any sustained "move forward by African Americans"

— from "F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature" (p. 3)