In 2024 I submitted a few requests to the FBI for Carter G. Woodson.
The FBI wrote back and had this to say:
Then I wrote to NARA as Mari InShaw requesting the files. Almost all were considered non-responsive. That means, Dr. Woodson was not the main subject or even a sub-subject of the files. Then why would the FBI tell me that I should go to the National Archives? Well, the FBI’s definition of responsive is way more inclusive and broader than needed.
Carter G. Woodson’s name might show up somewhere in the files. I believe if they touch on history or have a news clipping that includes Dr. Woodson’s name, it’s FBI responsive.
On the plus side, J. Edgar Hoover did not consider Dr. Woodson a commie. If he had, there would have been a good file.