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< = OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 UNITED STATES covengens ‘(, Memorandum Tolson To + Mr. DeLoach pate: 11-27-62 Trotter iY "REE WIFORMATION CONTALID Tel. Ravn FROM M. Bn a UNOLASELDIIED v Gell _ gone 0) DATE. Putri cuws gre trae) Cor sugjecr: HOWARD ZINN 486590 Soe oy SPELMAN COLLEGE ATLANTA, GEORGIA _ The New York Post of 11-16-62 carried an article entitled "The FBI and“the Battle of the South" which related to a report issued by the Southern Régional Gouncil (SRC), a body of white and Negro southern leaders, which reviewed thesAlbany, Georgia, racial situation. This report, which was critical of the FBI's civil zightstinvestigation in Albany, was prepared by Dr. Howard Zinn, Professor at Spélman‘€ollege, Atlanta, Georgia. The Director noted on the Clipping of this artigle, "Wattat do we know of Zin?" ¥ we INFORMATION IN BUFILES: mn in rote 7 Howard Yinn is 4 Professor of history and social science at Spelman College, which is a Negro women's college. Zinn was horn 8-24-22 at’ New York ff... City and resided in that city until he obtained employment with the Atlanta college in 1956. He served in the U. S. Army in World War II and thereafter attended New York University, receiving a B.A. degree in 1951. He thereafter received a M. A. degree at Columbia University in 1952 and a Ph.D. at that school in about 1956. | Zinn has been the subject of a security investigation by the Bureau : ; and informants have reported that he was a member of the Communist Party in New York from 1949 to 1953. He was also known to have been associated with communist front groups in New York including the International Workers Order, the American Pesce Mobilization and the Committee of One Thousand. Zinn was inter- viewed by Agents in New York in 1953 and again in 1954. He dehied membershipfin the Communist Party but admitted association with communist front groups. He described himself during the interview as a liberal interested in civil rights but claimed that he would never be involved with any organization detrimental to the security of this country. It is to be noted that Zinn is white. : an ° ut The SRC of Atlanta, Georgia, issued another report by Zinn concerning ES Albany racial situation.in-January, 1962. In this report, as in the one just released by this organization, Zinn sets out information which is slanted and bi ov eee anh. 1- Mr. DeLo Ol / ba a off / | 5 sure 28 ge2 Ko awd" — ELRipar , <7 ye 18 DEC 18 1962 Sub Ce aed