Negro Press Memo (Week of February 28th, 1943)
- Identifier
- FBI_00143
- Title
- Negro Press Memo (Week of February 28th, 1943)
- Creator
- Department of Justice, Special War Policies Unit
- Description
- A memo containing a collection of quotes from Black publications from the week of February 28th, 1943. These memos were distributed internally and documented “serious situations adversely affecting Negroes” These memos were drafted to support the FBI’s Survey of Racial Conditions (RACON) regarding racial unrest and agitation. Pages and quotes included in this selection of pages highlight discrimination in the Armed Forces and employment. 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-Serial119, 18 March 1943, 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, Publications
- Level 1 Tag
- Surveillance
- Government Correspondence
- Social Movements
- "Race
- Racism
- Racialization"
- COINTELPRO
- Activism
- Detroit
- Resistance
- Level 2 Tag
- Racial Unrest
- Profiling
- Abuse by Government
- Race & Ethnic Identity
- COINTELPRO - Foreign Inspired Agitation Among American Negroes
- Racial Inequality
- Level 3 Tag
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- The People’s Voice
- The Pittsburgh Courier
- The Washington Afro-American
- The Chicago Defender
- Date
- 1943-03-18
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- Rights
- Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act
- Item sets
- Detroit FBI Files-Black Freedom
