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A secret FBI break-in, stolen files, a threatening letter sent to a black minister.

And finally, the lawsuit he filed against the U.S. government before he died at only 47 years old.

I'm Sydney from Push Black and you're tuned in to two-minute black history, what you didn't learn in school.

In 1969, black minister, professor, and activist, Muhammad Kenyatta, received a letter at his home from the FBI,

warning him to stop fighting for civil rights in Mississippi.

If not, the letter threatened, they would take other measures, which would not be as cordial as this note.

They threatened his life.

He sued the FBI for harassment, but that wasn't the end of it.

In 1971, a group of anti-war activists broke into the FBI's office and stole their now-infamous Coentail Pro files.

The documents not only proved that Jay Eger Hoover had approved the letter threatening Kenyatta,

but also that the FBI had put him on an agitator index, infiltrated his church, and tried to accuse him of stealing a TV set.

So that's all the evidence he needed, right?

Unfortunately, the jury decided against his case when it went to trial in 1985, but he didn't stop fighting.

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