Identifier

FBI_00047

Title

CPUSA & The March on Washington Investigation

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

Investigation into communist activity in Detroit and regarding Carl Winter. Informants disclosed Winter’s discussion of the March on Washington at a local CPUSA meeting, and the CPUSA’s possible involvement and efforts to rally local labor leaders.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section3-NR2, 6 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

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question

Level 3 Tag

CPUSA

March on Washington

NAACP

Carl Winter

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-08-06

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act