Identifier

FBI_00037

Title

Surveillance of MLK Jr. (2)

Creator

Atlanta FBI Field Office

Description

FBI surveilling Martin Luther King jr. upon instruction due to his prominence in the "Negro movement and communist influence".

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial626, 17 December 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

Detroit

Government Correspondence

Surveillance

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question

Communism

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Martin Luther King Jr.

Date

1963-12-17

Location

Detroit, MI; Chicago, IL; Kalamazoo, MI & Washington, D.C.

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act