“Unwarranted Invitation”: Article on the Use of Communism to Sow Distrust in Civil Rights Movement
- Identifier
- FBI_00065
- Title
- “Unwarranted Invitation”: Article on the Use of Communism to Sow Distrust in Civil Rights Movement
- Creator
- Michigan State News
- Description
- This newspaper article from Michigan State News criticizes the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover’s fear mongering about communist influence within the Civil Rights Movement, warning that such rhetoric undermines trust and threatens the progress made by Black Americans toward equality and democracy.
- Source
- 100-HQ-3-Subfile116-SectionA2-NR1, 23 April 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
- Infiltration
- Abuse by Government
- Race & Ethnic Identity
- COINTELPRO - CPUSA Negro Question
- Level 3 Tag
- CPUSA
- NAACP
- CORE
- SNCC
- Michigan State News
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date
- 1964-04-23
- Location
- East Lansing, MI
- Rights
- Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act
- Item sets
- Detroit FBI Files-Black Freedom
