Identifier

FBI_00053

Title

Surveillance of Freedom Now Party Activities in Chicago (Fall 1963)

Creator

Chicago FBI Field Office

Description

This document examines the Freedom Now Party’s budding presence in Chicago during the fall of 1963, relying on multiple informants to gather intelligence about its formation and Black community mobilization. Informants provided details from private conversations and meetings, including the role of an unidentified source in these activities.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section14-NR2, 8 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

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

Socialism

Level 3 Tag

Young Socialists of America

Freedom Now Party

Socialists Workers Party

CPUSA

Claude Lightfoot

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-11-08

Location

Chicago, IL

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act