Identifier

FBI_00044

Title

Investigation of Benjamin J. Davis

Creator

Hoover, J. Edgar (FBI)

Description

Message from the Director of the FBI detailing the activities of Benjamin J. Davis and the issues of the newspaper "The Worker" detailing racial matters in Detroit.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial519, 19 November 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

Surveillance

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question

Level 3 Tag

The Worker

Benjamin J. Davis

Martin Luther King Jr.

C. L. Franklin

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-11-19

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act