Identifier

FBI_00094

Title

Report of Racial Disturbances of 1967

Creator

Sullivan, W.C. (FBI)

Description

This report, prepared for the President and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, details racial disturbances and riots in 20 U.S. regions from April to July 1967. Drawing information from public and official sources, the report examines the role of major figures such as Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr., and H. Rap Brown, identifying them as catalysts for the Black Power movement and anti-war activism. It provides in-depth analysis of each region’s unrest and explores the underlying causes as interpreted by the FBI.

Source

Racial-Disturbances; 157-6-956 (Attorney General), 26 July 1967, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "Racial Violence Potential in the United States This Summer (1967)", 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

Anti-War Movement

Black Power

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Infiltration

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

COINTELPRO - 1967 Monographs

Communism

Marxism

Socialism

Police Brutality

Level 3 Tag

H. Rap Brown

SNCC

MLK

Stokely Carmichael

General Gordon Baker Jr.

RAM

CORE

Ron Karenga

CPUSA

Floyd McKissick

James Bevel

John O' Brennan

W. C. Sullivan

J. Edgar Hoover

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1967-07-26

Location

Washington, D.C.

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act