Identifier

FBI_00104

Title

COINTELPRO File on the League of Revolutionary Black Workers & Detroit Union Movements #2

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office & Hoover, J. Edgar (FBI)

Description

This 233-page document details extensive FBI surveillance and investigation of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) and associated union groups at Detroit auto plants from February to October 1969, with continued coverage through 1971. The report examines finances, leadership, membership, publications, meetings, and demonstrations, including bank transactions and publications like Wildcat and Muhammad Speaks. It features internal agency debates about the LRBW’s threat level, discussions on leveraging Department of Labor pressure, and the handling of union election disputes. Highlights include intercepted communications, profiles of group members, surveillance of international outreach by LRBW leaders, and exchanges between FBI Director Hoover and the Detroit Field Office concerning strategy and agency image.

Source

157-HQ-12523-02, 20 October 1969 to 22 June 1971, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW)", Detroit FBI Files - Black Freedom.

Theme

Criminalization and Resistance, Community and Resistance

Type

Government Records, Media Reports, Publications

Level 1 Tag

Race

Racism

Racialization

Social Movements

Surveillance

Government Correspondence

Activism

COINTELPRO

Detroit

Resistance

Level 2 Tag

Black Power

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Infiltration

Abuse by Government

Labor Movement

Race & Ethnic Identity

COINTELPRO - League of Revolutionary Black Workers

Communism

Socialism

Marxism

Racial Inequality

Unionization

Level 3 Tag

League of Revolutionary Black Workers

Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement

General Gordon Baker Jr.

Revolutionary Action Movement

Inner City Voice

Black Panther Party

J. Edgar Hoover

UAW

Students for Democratic Society

Michael C. Hamlin

Eldon Avenue Revolutionary Plant

Luke Samuel Tripp

Charles Jesse Wooten

University of Michigan

J. Edgar Hoover

Legat Copenhagen

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Date

1969-10-20 to 1971-06-22

Location

Detroit, MI & Washington, D.C.

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act