Identifier

FBI_00055

Title

Detroit NAACP Responds to Accusations of Capitulation by Wyatt Tee Walker

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

This memo discusses a Detroit Free Press article alleging internal tensions in the Civil Rights Movement. It documents the Detroit NAACP’s rebuttal to claims by Wyatt Tee Walker, Dr. MLK’s executive director, who accused them of capitulating to whites. The NAACP firmly denied the charge, calling it false and slanderous.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section27-NR1, 31 March 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, 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

MLK

Wyatt Tee Walker

NAACP

SCLC

Stephen Gill Spottswood

Detroit Free Press

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1964-03-31

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act