Law enforcement took notice of these teen activists. The FBI—along with local police departments and military intelligence units—orchestrated surveillance campaigns that targeted high schoolers. >At the same time, the phenomenon of youth activism captured the public imagination. It echoed through congressional hearings; filled the pages of scholarly journals, magazines and books; and even reached living rooms during prime time through the Emmy Award-winning series “Room 222,” which depicted a fictional integrated high school. >But what fascinated some terrified others. For many white, middle- and upper-middle-class Americans, high school activism represented chaos. The FBI, on the other hand, symbolized order.