Identifier

FBI_00064

Title

Surveillance of Tommy Dennis and Michigan CPUSA Activities (1)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

This document covers informant surveillance of Tommy Dennis, organizational secretary of the Michigan District Communist Party, during a conference on August 1, 1964. It details Dennis’s speech on the Civil Rights Movement and the CPUSA’s efforts to restore its influence, as well as conference proposals on organizing a Civil Rights Conference, training political candidates on CPUSA positions, and recruitment strategies.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Section47-NR2, 14 August 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

Tommy (Thomas) Dennis

CPUSA

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1964-08-14

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act