The FBI maintained files on many civil-rights activists, artists and intellectuals who held left-leaning political ideas.

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This statement is accurate. The FBI, under the leadership of J. Edgar Hoover, conducted surveillance and maintained files on numerous individuals and organizations perceived as subversive, including civil-rights activists, artists, and intellectuals with left-leaning political ideas. This practice continued for several decades and has been widely criticized as a violation of civil liberties.

The FBI Maintained Files on Many Civil-Rights Activists, Artists and Intellectuals