Identifier

FBI_00077

Title

Claude Lightfoot and the Formation of the Negro-American Labor Council (NALC) in Detroit

Creator

Chicago FBI Field Office

Description

This document details Claude Lightfoot’s efforts at a Detroit meeting to establish and strengthen the Negro-American Labor Council (NALC), an organization modeled after the Freedom Now Party, aiming to build influence and unify its members.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial497, 4 November 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

Claude Lightfoot

CPUSA

Freedom Now Party

Negro American Labor Council

Carl Winter

Tommy (Thomas) Dennis

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-11-04

Location

Chicago, IL

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act