
CLASSIC: Ernest Withers: Civil Rights Hero, FBI Spy
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Evolution of Simeon Booker's Career
The first records in his file that show him cooperating with the FBI were from 1958. The two of them come into the field office there and they're informing on James Foreman. Ernest Withers was never paid, but he had a relationship with the FBI. Booker looked at the FBI as a friend, as an ally, and he did some puff pieces for them.
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