Identifier

FBI_00090

Title

FBI Report on Communist Party Strategies and Influence in Racial Organizations

Creator

Hoover, J. Edgar (FBI)

Description

36-page excerpt from a 200-page FBI report examines Communist Party activities in the United States, including strategies, tactics, and influence within racial organizations. The report covers several individuals under FBI surveillance associated with the CPUSA and the civil rights movement, such as MLK, Benjamin J. Davis, and Claude Lightfoot, among many others.

Source

100-HQ-3-Subfile116-Serial1309-Excerpts, 27 April 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

J. Edgar Hoover

The Worker

Ben Davis

Hyman Lumer

James E. Jackson

Gus Hall

NAACP

National Youth Conference

CPUSA

William L. Patterson

National Negro Congress

Urban League

Congress of Racial Equality

MLK

Claude Lightfoot

Tommy Dennis

William Allan

Revolutionary Action Movement

Robert F. Williams

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1964-04-27

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act