Identifier

FBI_00073

Title

Surveillance of Detroit Participants in the March on Washington (5)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

This document provides additional FBI surveillance details on participants in the March on Washington, with particular focus on Communist Party members and interactions involving the Polish Embassy. It includes specific conversations, such as proposals for organizing a March on Congress in addition to the event in Washington.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial270, 5 September 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

March on Washington

CPUSA

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-09-05

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act