in a home which are published in 2005, he wrote that government agencies were concerned about the rise of the black power movement and the role of prominent entertainers like himself. in august of 1968, for example, a few movnlts few months after r king's assassination, brown released, "say it loud, i am proud." so did that song result in the cia spying on brown? cnn looked for the answer here. earlier this year, this network sued the cia under the freedom of information act, trying to get any files that it has on the god father of soul. the agency is not allowed to spy domestically on americans, so if it did, that's important information. cnn's lawsuit is in the courts, and a judge is expected to make a ruling sometime in 2022.