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Roy Wilkins — Part 17
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By Jock Anderson |McKissick J Jr., whose political this affair, was held in #) successor to Floyd McKissick
"| Whe FBI ig conducting sys eves have been chronicled) church, since churches aré/as chairman of CORE, bave
| tematic of black by the FBI in a fat Ale. among groups infiltrated by/been meticulously catalogued,
leaders, “whe ae guilty of Now director of the new town|the FBI and Central Intellf-|too. And Innis’s file notes omi-
more seriots than ex- of “Soul City,” N.C. Mc-lgence Agency which hold the nously that he has “attended
nothing Kissick made headlines when|biacks down.” - : marches to protest against the
cessive political rhetoric. Ine jambasted the Democratic! ‘The federal sleuthi bave war in Vietnam..." 32
Millions of dollars have Party for failing to deliver “on algo haan te nee Ralph Pevid Abernsa
failing Stiver “oniaiso betn poxing their noses h David Abernathy, gue
vestigate in the res ie its promises.” The Nixon ad-|into McKissick's financial af-| cessor to the martyred -Dr.
But our study of the ministration, he said, has of-!fairs. States one entry: King, rates a file that would
files indicates that the tnvesti- fered _ than “just the) “Floyd McKissick, it was choke a hippopotamus. The,
gation has been heavily oue- rhetoric. mo learned, had recently received | FBI's investigators seem most
Like many a white politi-! check Number 2666 made out |intrigued over his troubles:
Sidon te mo mene ka hefner oa ae eis see
FBI scrutiny, but almost every the political fence. For two!the account of the Louis M.| An FBI informant reported
prominent black leader in the years eatlier, he had called| Rabinowitz Foundation, Inc.,jon March 6, 1970, for example’
Mr. Nixon “one of the nation’s|{" the amount of $2,500. This (that one colleague, Hosea Wi-
country has an FRI dossier in|_ check was subsequently depos- liams, “remarked to some é3-
his name. Even congressmen|!ding proponents of ‘Law ited to McKissick’s sccount In|sociates he was rather coi
ad Nixon-Agnew supporters,{and Order — Facist Style.’”(the Freedom National Bank, cerned as to the cool and a0-
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if they're black, are regarded |McKissicks words were quy Harlem, New York.” ticeably distant attitude | re-
with suspicion by the FBJ. . {deposited in his buiging FBI beatlye. displayed .; by.
The list of black “subver- |dossier. - . Mrs. King’s Finances. |... Abernathy.” :
aives” includes such apostles . The FRI has also been| Black artists, entertainers
of non-violence as the late|/Secret Capitalist prying into Coretta Scott|and sports figures, who speak
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King] Another entry, dated Jan./ King's finances. When a docu-| up for their race, are also sus.
Jr., his wife, Coretta Scott/13, 1970, is stamped “Secret—| mentary about her late |pect. One of the thickest FBI
King; the Rev. Ralpt David|No Foreign Dissemination.”|husband was appearing files is devoted to former
Abernathy; Jesse Jackson, the|One of the deep, dark secrets around the country, the top heavyweight champion Mu- / xo
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senuscie Foung ‘country jnoted by FEI agent Thomas 1. cops were busy counting re-j;Sammaag 4u, actor mnigér =
preacher” who recently| Beckwith was that McKissick |ceiots. Harry Belafonte and author ~——
_{started a self-help group in/“has made several speeches!’ The movie's first run, says a | James Baldwin are kept under —
Chicago; Roy Wilkins, execu-|throughout the U.S. during|confidential memo dated Aug. |survelllance, too
tive director of the National|1969 wherein he bdvoceted) 5, 1970, “resulted in receipts in| The file on black comedian
Association for the Advance-(black capitalism...” excess of $2,000.000. By ar-|Dick Gregory could be meas- ———
ment of Colored People} But far more grievous, Mc-|rangements made prior to] ured by the pound. Author-ac- .——
(NAACP); and Bayard Rustin,|/Kissick, “In one speech ststed| March 24, 1970, by -Coretta |tor-playwright Ossie Davis and
director of the A. Philip Ran- the Black Panther Party /Scott King and officials of the (his wife have been investi-
doiph Institute. should be supported.” SCLC the receipts fo this| gated numerous times. Singer ———
The FR! has ever reroed in] FBi agents were also listen-|movie were to be divided | Eartha Kitt is quoted as being ——
oh President Nixon's most ar-jing when McKissick at » black [equally between King and the| Opposed = to statehood for
ticulate black supporier, for-)bash in Brookiyn “commented |SCLC." Puerto Rico. .
mer CORE director Floyd ‘unfavorably on the * tact that _ The finances of Roy Innis, | 19S United Feature syndicate
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_ ENCLOSURE
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