Identifier

FBI_00133

Title

Japanese Influence and Activity Among the American Negroes

Creator

Ladd, D.M. (FBI)

Description

Select pages from an internal memo highlighting Japanese influence in the Black community during WWII. The FBI was concerned that the Japanese were fostering relationships and sympathizing with non-whites in the U.S., which was problematic for the war effort. The pages in this document focus largely on Detroit and Michigan specifically. Surveillance includes details on meetings, publications, and individuals of interest. It is important to note, although this is listed alongside COINTELPRO files, this surveillance took place prior to formal initiation 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-EBF274X-Excerpt, 22 January 1944, 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

D. M. Ladd

Date

1944-01-22

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act