F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature

by William J. Maxwell

Book Overview

How FBI surveillance influenced African American writing

Few institutions seem more opposed than African American literature and J. Edgar Hoover's white-bread Federal Bureau of Investigation. But behind the scenes the FBI's hostility to black protest was energized by fear of and respect for black writing. Drawing on nearly 14,000 pages of newly released FBI files, F.B. Eyes exposes the Bureau's intimate policing of five decades...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691173419
• ISBN13: 9780691173412
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"