Identifier

FBI_00071

Title

Surveillance of Detroit Participants in the March on Washington (3)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

This document details FBI monitoring of individuals from Detroit planning to attend the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. This particular document primarily focuses on Carl & Helen Winter and their plans to no longer attend the March on Washington.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial215, 28 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

Helen Winter

Carl Winter

CPUSA

March on Washington

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-08-28

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act