FBI Headquarters Criticizes Detroit Office’s Surveillance Failures on Benjamin J. Davis
- Identifier
- FBI_00080
- Title
- FBI Headquarters Criticizes Detroit Office’s Surveillance Failures on Benjamin J. Davis
- Creator
- Hoover, J. Edgar (FBI)
- Description
- This memo from FBI headquarters sharply critiques the Detroit Field Office’s inadequate surveillance during Benjamin J. Davis’s November 8 –10, 1963 visit, despite significant resources assigned. The director requests a detailed explanation of planning procedures and operations within the Field Office to prevent future lapses in coverage.
- Source
- 100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial560, 18 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
- J. Edgar Hoover
- CPUSA
- Benjamin J. Davis
- Arnold Johnson
- Detroit Free Press
- Trade Union Leadership Council
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date
- 1963-11-18
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- Rights
- Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act
- Item sets
- Detroit FBI Files-Black Freedom
