Scope and Contents From the Series: The series documents Hobson’s efforts to obtain information under the Freedom of Information Act from the FBI, CIA, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, and other federal agencies. Hobson sought information under the Freedom of Information Act to discover whether and to what extent investigative agencies conducted surveillance of his activities as a civil rights and peace activist. Hobson’s FOIA requests, correspondence, and the actual documents and reports produced in connection with...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The series documents Hobson’s efforts to obtain information under the Freedom of Information Act from the FBI, CIA, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, and other federal agencies. Hobson sought information under the Freedom of Information Act to discover whether and to what extent investigative agencies conducted surveillance of his activities as a civil rights and peace activist. Hobson’s FOIA requests, correspondence, and the actual documents and reports produced in connection with...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The series documents Hobson’s efforts to obtain information under the Freedom of Information Act from the FBI, CIA, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, and other federal agencies. Hobson sought information under the Freedom of Information Act to discover whether and to what extent investigative agencies conducted surveillance of his activities as a civil rights and peace activist. Hobson’s FOIA requests, correspondence, and the actual documents and reports produced in connection with...

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The series contains correspondence, clippings, court transcripts, exhibits, and court pleadings in connection with the Hobson v. Wilson case. The case was brought by the ACLU to seek damages for individuals who claimed that their civil rights were violated by illegal police and FBI surveillance in the 1960s.