Identifier

FBI_00113

Title

Communist Influence in Racial Matters Internal Report #2 (January 1965)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

Second available report in a series on communist influence in civil rights activity in Detroit. Investigation occurred from January 11th to January 21st, 1965. FBI describes the report as: “Plans, strategy Party line and the like in Michigan, of the CP (Communist Party) and SWP (Socialist Workers Party) in racial matters, including a YSA (Young Socialist Alliance) and SWP sponsored demonstration, and the following organizations set forth: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Lawyers Guild (NLG), Negro-American Labor Council (NALC), Detroit Chapter, aka., Trade Union Leadership Council (TULC), and the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM).”

Source

100-HQ-442529-Serial647, 28 January 1965, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "Communist Influence in Racial Matters", 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

Detroit

Resistance

Level 2 Tag

Civil Rights Movement

Anti-War Movement

Black Power

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Infiltration

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

COINTELPRO – Communist Influence in Racial Matters

Communism

Socialism

Marxism

Racial Inequality

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Communist Party of the United States of America

Socialist Workers Party

Carl Winter

Coleman Young

Rev. Albert Cleage

NAACP

National Lawyer's Guild

George Crockett

John Conyers

Thomas Dennis

Clifton DeBerry

Date

1965-01-28

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act