Identifier

FBI_00121

Title

Communist Influence in Racial Matters Internal Report #10 (January 1967)

Creator

Petersen, Frederick J. (Detroit FBI Field Office)

Description

Tenth available report in a series on communist influence in civil rights activity in Detroit. Investigation occurred during January 1967. FBI describes the report as: “At Michigan District Communist Party meetings October to December, 1966, “black power” and the status of the Negro in the local community, including CP involvement, discussed. On 11/4/66, at a Friday Night Socialist h Forums meeting held in Detroit, Michigan, Betsy Barnes, National Secretary of the Young Socialist Alliance spoke of the current plight of the Negro and the effect of “white backlash”

Source

100-HQ-442529-Serial2101, 31 January 1967, 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

Thomas Dennis

William Allan

Date

1967-01-31

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act