Identifier

FBI_00137

Title

The Catholic Church Involvement in Disclosing Information to the FBI

Creator

Tamm, Edward Allen (FBI)

Description

Internal memo sent to Special Agent and Assistant to J. Edgar Hoover, D.M. Ladd, regarding the FBI’s Survey of Racial Condition Reports (RACON) on racial unrest and agitation across the United States. Several members of the Catholic Church, such as Bishop John Joseph O’Hara, are listed as possible sources of information for the FBI in drafting of these reports.

Source

100-HQ-135-Serial43, 15 September 1942, 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

Racial Inequality

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Edward Allen Tamm

The Catholic Church

Bishop John Joseph O’Hara

Date

1942-09-15

Location

Washington D.C.

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act