Identifier

FBI_00066

Title

Calls Stall-In A Dangerous Tactic: Robinson Hits Rights ‘Phonies’

Creator

Detroit News: Author: Jackie Robinson Editor: Martin S. Hayden

Description

Newspaper article, penned by Jackie Robinson, critiquing the national press’s fear mongering that focuses on “extremists”, like Malcolm X, rather than highlighting the broader fight against oppression led by Civil Rights leaders. Robinson urges Congress and the president to move beyond rhetoric and enact real change and calls for Black leadership to assertively challenge media hypocrisy and ensure their voices are heard.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-SectionA3-NR2, 26 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

Detroit News

Jackie Robinson

Malcolm X

A. Philip Randolph

MLK

Strom Thurmond

Tom Kuchel

Hubert Humphrey

Dick Gregory

Roy Wilkins

Dick Russell

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1964-04-26

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act