Identifier

FBI_00129

Title

Pro-Japanese Stances and Communist Influences in Black Detroit #1

Creator

FBI

Description

Brief note regarding the suspected pro-Japanese stances of Black communities and the influence of communism in said communities during WWII. Organizations under surveillance include the NAACP, The Nation of Islam, The Pacific Movement of the Eastern World, and Development of Our Own, among others, in the Detroit area. It is important to note, although this is listed alongside COINTELPRO files, this surveillance took place prior to formal intimation of COINTELPRO in 1956. The type of surveillance here is a precursor to the further expansion of mass surveillance activities throughout COINTELPRO.

Source

100-HQ-135-EBF39-Excerpt, 1940s, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "Foreign Inspired Agitation Among American Negroes", 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

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Infiltration

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

COINTELPRO - Foreign Inspired Agitation Among American Negroes

Communism

Socialism

Marxism

Racial Inequality

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Nation of Islam

Development of Our Own

Pacific Movement of the Eastern World

Date

1940s

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act