Identifier

FBI_00081

Title

Details on Surveillance of Benjamin J. Davis and Civil Rights Leaders During November 1963 Visit

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

This memo is the Detroit FBI Field Office’s response to FBI headquarters’ critiques of its surveillance during Benjamin J. Davis’s November 8–10, 1963 visit. It provides a detailed account of surveillance activities, locations, and the information gathered on key Communist and Civil Rights leaders attending the Northern Negro Leadership Conference.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial579, 21 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

Arnold Johnson

Claude Lightfoot

Tommy Dennis

Benjamin J. Davis

Carl Winter

CPUSA

SCLC

Rev. C. L. Franklin

MLK

William Allan

Jim Pita

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1963-11-21

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act