Newly disclosed documents reveal the FBI tracked the renowned historian and broadcaster Studs Terkel from 1945 to 1990 because the agency suspected him of being a communist. The news was first reported by the New York City News Service, a project of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer died last year at age ninety-six.
FBI Tracked Studs Terkel for 45 Years
HeadlineNov 17, 2009