Identifier

FBI_00161

Title

Detroit Race Riot of 1943 Report #2

Creator

Beall, William P. (FBI)

Description

In-depth 133-page supplemental report discussing the Detroit Race Riot of 1943, the outcomes, and reports drafted by several agencies, both governmental and private-sector alike. Coverage period is July 8th to August 11th, 1943. It is important to note, despite repeated claims that foreign influences were meddling in the affairs of the Black community, hence triggering the race riot, the FBI found no evidence that any foreign power, particularly Axis powers, were involved in the riot.

Source

100-SE-10905-Serial172, 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

Level 3 Tag

Federal Bureau of Investigation

CPUSA

Detroit Police Department

Edward Jeffries

Harry Kelly

NAACP

Detroit Urban League

Michigan State Police

Booker T. Washington Trade Union

Civil Rights Federation

Date

1943

Location

Detroit, MI

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act