While Aretha Franklin was donning her crown as the undisputed “Queen of Soul,” the FBI was keeping tabs on her every move, reports People. Beginning in the late 1960s through the 1970s, the FBI consistently monitored Franklin as an influential musician who had connections to various leaders of Black freedom organizations. FBI documents reveal that […]

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