Identifier

FBI_00059

Title

Surveillance of Carl Winter’s Remarks at Detroit CPUSA Meeting (June 1964)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

Document detailing information that was furnished to the FBI discussing Carl Winter’s remarks at a Michigan CPUSA meeting in Detroit in June 1964. At this meeting, Carl Winter discussed the upcoming presidential election and the importance of major political parties (i.e., Democrats and Republicans) considering what the CPUSA has to say. Also details the CPUSA’s plans to open headquarters in five major cities, including Detroit.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section36-NR1, 5 June 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

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

Carl Winter

CPUSA

Barry Goldwater

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1964-06-05

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act