Identifier

FBI_00006

Title

FBI COINTELPRO - CPUSA Targets & Tactics in the Detroit Metro

Creator

FBI

Description

Hundreds of documents detailing counterintelligence methods used during COINTELPRO (1956–1971), with a focus on the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). Most are communications between the Detroit FBI Field Office and FBI Headquarters from May 1976- September 1977, when the DOJ conducted an internal review to determine “…whether or not certain targets should be notified by the department of the COINTELPRO actions which were conducted against them.” Tactics detailed include propaganda, smear campaigns, manipulation, and other efforts to infiltrate and destabilize the CPUSA and other leftist organizations. Several requested relevant documents are listed as "missing."

Source

100-DE-43018-CPUSA, 24 May 1976 to 23 September 1977, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "COINTELPRO - CPUSA", Detroit FBI Files - Black Freedom.

Theme

Criminalization and Resistance, Community and Resistance

Type

Government Records, Media Reports

Level 1 Tag

Surveillance

Detroit

Government Correspondence

Social Movements

"Race

Racism

Racialization"

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

COINTELPRO - Miscellaneous

Communism

Socialism

Anti-War Movement

Black Power

Labor Movement

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Propaganda

Infiltration

Intimidation

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

The New Left

Level 3 Tag

Communist Party

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Department of Justice

Detroit Police Department

University of Michigan

Claude Lightfoot

Students for a Democratic Society

United Auto Workers

Herbert Aptheker

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

George William Crockett Jr.

Wayne State University

Republic of New Africa

Black Panther Party

Maurice Sugar

Albert Cleage

Michigan Communist Party

George Romney

William Rogell

Philip Hart

Lucius Walker

Date

1976-05-24 to 1977-09-23

Location

Washington, D.C. & Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act