Identifier

FBI_00128

Title

Mississippi Summer Project Report on Detroit Communists (1964)

Creator

Detroit FBI Field Office

Description

In depth profile and furnished informant details on individuals that participated, or were slated to participate, in the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project (Freedom Summer) and/or were alleged communists. Includes details about employment, travels, finances, as well as physical profiles of targeted individuals.

Source

100-NY-153735-Serial27, 3 September 1964, 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

Mississippi Summer Project

Communist Party of the United States of America

Date

1964-09-03

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act