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x . 2M, « GFironat reat NO. 10 . f ) UNITED STATES Gov Mouenr ~q P Memorandum | ST POF i Mr. peimoniyy DATE: 12/3/62 Trotter xz) FROM > A, Rosen » ° a Wi- Tele. Room Z . rit Re ? © Mott eS _— Frtan Ty SUBJECT. eaCLaL SGN _ f ALBANY, GEORGIA ~ ,* RACIAL MATTERS arg, INFORMATION CONPATNED , ppt EIN Ty Peay Se, “The Worker" of sunday, 12/2/62, saevies a two-page sprea captioned, "The Southern Mobsters and their Federal Friends," Memoranda have been written concerning the report written by. Howard’Zinn, a professor of history and social science at Spelman Collegé, (A Negro institution) in Atlanta, Georgia, "The Worker" has taken various excerpts from the report which, in general, is. critical of the Bureau, the President, the Justice Department and the Albany, Georgia, city administration, —_ a og ~ ‘ The article is a typically biased article which could be expected - from "The Worker." . The article sets forth that there is a considerable amount of distrust among Albany Negroes for local members of the FBI, According to Zinn, a young Negro told hin, "They're: a bunch of racists," Zinn states, "Whether true or not, thistis the feeling of many Negroes who have.had contact with the FBI ‘and, ‘even if distorted, it is a general reflection of the efficacy: :<6f the FBI's role in the area of civil rights." The full comments concerning the FBI mentioned in "The Worker" are attached “hereto, ? — 74 “ Information has previously been set forth that 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 interviewed in 1953 and again in 1954 and denied membership in 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 his country, SEF O~X The above report by Zinn, which was published by the Southern Regional Council, has also been commented upon by Reverend Martin Luther King. King went along with the general Enclosure jr Sy e . |<co- - 3a ee : NOT Rc v- ena b.2. 7 pee C ew ‘ig, 176 DEC 13 raigRDED “ vp AS ORIGINAL FILED, IN _il- Mr. DeLoachyG ¥ mit Ll - Mr. avans “RBL: cag ae ae - . Livan i= Mr, sails (10) “DEG 1 1962 ee hadldhoeeandiaienietanairenimesedtnaanaientnaleneasinaeammnal teem mee > —