Identifier

FBI_00002

Title

FBI COINTELPRO - Black Nationalist Targets & Tactics in Detroit Metro (1)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

Racial Intelligence analysis of radical black nationalist groups in Detroit following the summer of 1967, such as the City-Wide Citizens action Committee (CCAC) and the Malcolm X. Society. All in regards to activism against police brutality, meeting attendance, purchases of firearms, and meeting dialogue of "establishing a separate black nation".

Source

100-DE-34655, 3 April 1968, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "COINTELPRO - Black Nationalist Hate Groups", Detroit FBI Files - Black Freedom.

Theme

Criminalization and Resistance, Community and Resistance

Type

Government Records

Level 1 Tag

Activism

Advocacy Groups

Detroit

Surveillance

"Race

Racism

Racialization"

Social Movements

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

COINTELPRO - Miscellaneous

Civil Rights Movement

Black Power

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Infiltration

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

Government Misconduct

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

Citywide Citizens Action Committee

The Malcolm X Society

Revolutionary Action Movement

Date

1968-04-03

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act