Communist Influence in Racial Matters Internal Report #14 (February 1968 to April 1969)
- Identifier
- FBI_00125
- Title
- Communist Influence in Racial Matters Internal Report #14 (February 1968 to April 1969)
- Creator
- Druken, Thomas P. (Detroit FBI Field Office)
- Description
- Fourteenth available report in a series on communist influence in civil rights activity in Detroit. Investigation occurred from February to April 1968. FBI describes the report as: “Local MDCP (Michigan District Communist Party) meetings aimed at increased recruitment among members of LRBW (League of Revolutionary Black Workers) and other groups of black militants in Detroit, including BPP. MDCP will attempt to exploit police brutality upon Negroes. No direct influence exerted upon groups to date by MDCP, and no freight influence noted. Publications reveal no racial overtones. Lenneth John Watson, Detroit black militant, appeared and spoke at Workers World Conference, New York City in 4/69. Arthur McPhaul, State MDCP Chairman, claims close contact and liaison with black nationalist groups. Black caucus of CP formed for black workers at Detroit area automotive plants.”
- Source
- 100-HQ-442529-Serial2825, 7 May 1969, 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
- Kenneth Watson
- DRUM
- League of Revolutionary Black Workers
- Thomas Dennis
- Arthur McPhaul
- Inner City Voice
- Date
- 1969-05-07
- Location
- Detroit, MI
- Rights
- Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act
- Item sets
- Detroit FBI Files-Black Freedom
