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FBI Surveillance of Aretha Franklin
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
16 Sep 2022
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Black Agenda Radio · FBI Surveillance of Aretha Franklin

Afeni is a community organizer and writer who is co-authoring an article soon to appear in Rolling Stone about FBI surveillance of Aretha Franklin. Afeni is joining us from Washington DC.

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