Identifier

FBI_00039

Title

Surveillance of MLK Jr. (1)

Creator

Sullivan, W., C. (FBI)

Description

FBI investigation of a tip that Martin Luther King will be staying at the Statler Hotel for a night. Attached is an additional action item outlining authorization for microphone surveillance.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial1153-JUNE, 19 March 1964, 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

Government Correspondence

Detroit

Surveillance

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question

Government Misconduct

Privacy

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Martin Luther King Jr.

W. C. Sullivan

Date

1964-03-19

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act