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Newly Unveiled Photos of MLK Jr. Show Depth of NYPD’s Surveillance
After J. Edgar Hoover cast the civil rights leader as a “liar,” NYPD’s spy unit heeded the call.
Joshua Clark Davis
Joshua Clark Davis is a historian at the University of Baltimore and the author of “Police Against The Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back,” a retelling of the civil rights movement through its overlooked work against police violence — and the police who attacked the movement with surveillance, undercover agents, and retaliatory prosecutions.
Joshua’s research has earned awards from the Fulbright Program, the Silvers Foundation, and the NEH Public Scholars Program, and he’s written for The Nation, The Atlantic, Slate, Jacobin, and Teen Vogue.
Joshua’s research has earned awards from the Fulbright Program, the Silvers Foundation, and the NEH Public Scholars Program, and he’s written for The Nation, The Atlantic, Slate, Jacobin, and Teen Vogue.
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