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Famous Civil Rights Photographer Reportedly Was FBI Mole

A famous civil rights photographer who covered everything from the Emmett Till murder to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly was also an informant who spied on the civil rights movement for the FBI.

Numerous FBI reports portray Ernest Withers -- a veteran freelancer for America's black press known as "the original civil rights photographer" -- as a prolific informant who, from at least 1968 until 1970, used his access to civil rights events and meetings to pass on tips, photographs and other information to the FBI on the civil rights and anti-war movements in Memphis, the Commercial Appeal reported.

The reports show Withers often tipped off the FBI to strike plans, handed over license plate numbers and photos of movement supporters, and monitoring political candidates, the Memphis paper reported.

Withers died in 2007 at the age of 85. It's unclear what impact the information will have on his legacy....
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