Identifier

FBI_00045

Title

Investigation of Benjamin J. Davis & Gus Hall

Creator

Hoover, J. Edgar (FBI)

Description

Message from the Director of the FBI detailing the the importance of surveilling "racial matters", particularly Black communist members, of the Communist Party and the influence of Benjamin J. Davis and Gus Hall.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial825, 6 February 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

Surveillance

Detroit

Activism

Identity

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question

Level 3 Tag

Benjamin J. Davis

Gus Hall

Communist Party of the United States of America

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1964-02-06

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act