Identifier

FBI_00114

Title

Communist Influence in Racial Matters Internal Report #3 (April 1965)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

Third available report in a series on communist influence in civil rights activity in Detroit. Investigation occurred during April 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 interest and activity in demonstrations and the following organizations, set forth: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Metropolitan Detroit Labor and Community Association (MDLCA)."

Source

100-HQ-442529-Serial966, 30 April 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

Claude Lightfoot

Rev. Charles A. Hill

John Conyers Jr.

William Allan

George Crockett Jr.

Thomas Dennis

Ernest Goodman

Coleman Young

Arthur McPhaul

Herbert Aptheker

Rev. Albert Cleage

Gus Hall

Carl Winter

NAACP

CORE

Date

1965-04-30

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act