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FBI Tracked Studs Terkel for 45 Years

HeadlineNov 17, 2009

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.

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