Identifier

FBI_00060

Title

Surveillance of National Lawyers Guild’s Involvement in Mississippi

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

Information furnished by an informant detailing the National Lawyers Guild’s involvement in Mississippi to assist with legal representation of Black Americans, and other demonstrators, during Civil Rights protests and actions. Also contains an article from the Michigan Chronicle which details a national conference that took place in Detroit, which focused on how lawyers could further assist demonstrators in the South.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section38-NR1, 11 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, 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

National Lawyers Guild

Committee for Legal Assistance in the South

Council of Federated Organizations

George Crockett

Committee on Un-American Activities

The Michigan Chronicle

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1964-06-11

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act