Identifier

FBI_00069

Title

Monitoring of Detroit NAACP Travel Plans for the March on Washington

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

FBI gathered specific details regarding the train being serviced, departure & arrival dates, and the number of tickets purchased by the Detroit NAACP for locals to attend the March on Washington on August 28th, 1963.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial162, 23 August 1963, 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

NAACP

March on Washington

CPUSA

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-08-23

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act