Identifier

FBI_00083

Title

Media Coverage on MLK’s Speech at Western Michigan University

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

This document gathers newspaper articles reporting on Martin Luther King Jr.’s December 18, 1963 speech at Western Michigan University, which were forwarded to the Atlanta FBI Field Office as part of their ongoing investigation into MLK.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial719, 8 January 1964, 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, Media Reports

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

Level 3 Tag

MLK

Kalamazoo Gazette

Western Herald

Western Michigan University

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1964-01-08

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act