Identifier

FBI_00160

Title

Detroit Race Riot of 1943 Report #1

Creator

Bargas, John S. et al. (FBI)

Description

In-depth 103-page report discussing the Detroit Race Riot of 1943, the causes, the outcomes, the participants, and next steps, among other details. Coverage period is June 20th to July 8th, 1943. The FBI concluded that the riot was not planned by a specific group or person but was instead the result of several factors. They do warn that careful attention should be paid to communist influence in the Black community and its inflammatory tactics.

Source

100-SE-10905-Serial147, 8 July 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

Level 1 Tag

Surveillance

Government Correspondence

"Race

Racism

Racialization"

COINTELPRO

Resistance

Detroit

Level 2 Tag

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Infiltration

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

COINTELPRO - Foreign Inspired Agitation Among American Negroes

Racial Inequality

Labor Movement

Marxism

Socialism

Communism

Fascism

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

CPUSA

Detroit Police Department

Fifth Column

Axis Powers

Ku Klux Klan

Development of Our Own

Onward Movement of America

National Negro Congress

NAACP

March on Washington

U.S. National Guard

Date

1943-07-08

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act