Identifier

FBI_00020

Title

Authorization for COINTELPRO Informant Reimbursement

Creator

Hoover, J. Edgar (FBI)

Description

Document detailing reimbursement of an Informant who participated in the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963, in order to surveil communist influence.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section6-NR1, 27 August 1963, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "Communist Party, USA - Negro Question", Detroit FBI Files - Black Freedom.

Theme

Criminalization and Resistance, Community and Resistance

Type

Government Records

Level 1 Tag

Activism

Detroit

Government Correspondence

Social Movements

Surveillance

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

Infiltration

COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question

Informants

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Department of Justice

J. Edgar Hoover

Date

1963-08-27

Location

Washington, D.C.

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act