Identifier

FBI_00038

Title

Surveillance of MLK Jr. (5)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

FBI investigation of Lead on MLK's whereabouts, focusing on a dinner in his honor at Western Michigan University (WMU) and his airline flights to and from Michigan.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial676, 19 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.

Michigan State Police

Date

1963-12-19

Location

Kalamazoo, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act