“Who is Kidding Who?”: Civil Rights Supposed Communist Frontiers
- Identifier
- FBI_00050
- Title
- “Who is Kidding Who?”: Civil Rights Supposed Communist Frontiers
- Creator
- Hoover, J. Edgar (FBI)
- Description
- Newspaper clipping features Robert F. Kennedy’s denial that major Civil Rights groups are communist controlled. The article attempts to discredit prominent leaders like MLK Jr., Bayard Rustin, and A. Philip Randolph by linking them to communism. The FBI archived this piece to monitor public perception and potential future manipulation of racial issues.
- Source
- 100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section7-NR2, 9 September 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, Media Reports
- 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
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- A. Philip Randolph
- Bayard Rustin
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Marilyn R. Allen
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date
- 1963-09-09
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- Rights
- Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act
- Item sets
- Detroit FBI Files-Black Freedom
