Charles Koen
Charles Koen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 Cairo, Illinois |
| Died | July 20, 2018 |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, Minister |
| Organization(s) | Black Liberators, Black United Front Cairo, |
| Known for | Civil Rights activism in Saint Louis and Cairo, Illinois |
Charles "Chuck" Koen (1945 – July 20, 2018) was an African-American minister and
St. Louis, Missouri in 1968;[2] he later went on to lead nationally noted campaigns in Cairo, Illinois, most notably a boycott of white owned businesses.[3] During his Cairo struggles, Koen was honored with a tribute on an album by jazz drummer Max Roach.[4][5]
Koen was the subject of the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (
the Black Panthers, the Black Liberators and others. The essence of this FBI ploy was to cause division in and amongst Black leadership to prevent organization and unity in the black and poor communities around the nation. Those who were not killed or were not successfully infiltrated were constant subjects of criminal arrests and indictments.[6]
References
- ^ "Flying Black Medics". Ebony Magazine. Vol. XXV, no. 8. June 1970. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ Jolly, Kenneth S. (2006). Black Liberation in the Midwest: The Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri, 1964-1970. New York City: Routledge.
- ^ Good, Paul (1973). Cairo, Illinois: Racism at Floodtide. US Commission on Civil Rights. Clearinghouse Publications. p. 20.
- ISBN 978-1-58826-032-1
- ISBN 978-0-8122-1975-3
- ^ Smith, Isaac (23 July 2018). "Noted Cairo civil rights leader Charles Koen dies".