Identifier

FBI_00035

Title

Surveillance of Detroit NAACP Demonstrations

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

FBI investigation into the NAACP Detroit Chapter's involvement in a demonstration where the City Council was holding public hearings on the Patrick-Raitz Bill which would outlaw racial discrimination.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section7-NR3, 19 September 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

Advocacy Groups

Detroit

Government Correspondence

Social Movements

Surveillance

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question

Racial Unrest

Communism

Racial Segregation

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Detroit Police Department

Detroit Free Press

Date

1963-09-19

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act