Identifier

FBI_00046

Title

Spying on NAACP Demonstrations in Flint

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office & Seattle FBI Field Office

Description

Details FBI surveillance of the NAACP in Flint for potential “racial” demonstrations. It also covers the surveillance of a white attorney associated with Black demonstrations, due to their alleged communist ties flagged by the Committee on Un-American Activities. Additionally, the document contains information on the Central District Youth Club in Seattle, with targets de-identified but likely connected to events in Flint, highlighting the FBI’s broad approach in tracking civil rights and activist networks across regions.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section3-NR1, 8 August 1963 to 20 August 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

Race

Racism

Racialization

Social Movements

Surveillance

Government Correspondence

Activism

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

Civil Rights Movement

Black Power

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Infiltration

Government Misconduct

Race & Ethnic Identity

COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question

Level 3 Tag

Flint Journal

Committee on Un-American Activities

NAACP

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-08-08 to 1963-08-20

Location

Flint, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act