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Scope and Contents Each bound set of files is arranged according to the original FBI file number 62-8768, divided into three sections. FBI code 62-8768 references the Parole and Deportation of Luciano in 1946. Section 1 is annexed with a series of newspaper clippings about Luciano dated early 1947, and includes materials from 1967, after Luciano’s death, regarding bank account activity in Kansas City. Section 3 includes a complete list of all cross-referenced FBI codes under which Luciano appears...

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The subseries consists of FBI files on organized crime figures Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Santo Trafficante, Jr.

Abstract

James Forman was an important figure in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, serving as Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) between 1961-1966, and a life-long intellectual and activist. This collection includes copies of Forman's published works, FBI files Forman obtained through FOIA requests, and A/V materials documenting Forman's activism in the 1980s-1990s.

Scope and Contents In the summer of 1961, when Forman joined SNCC, the FBI opened an investigation of Forman which continued through the 1970s. Forman was able to obtain copies of FBI files kept on him and other subjects through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. There are files on Forman, SNCC, the “Black Manifesto,” and Black Nationalism. Forman also collected files on 20th century organized crime leaders and right wing Zionist organizations and figures for his own research. All files were redacted...