Category Archives: Civil Rights and Black Power Movements: People and Organizations

FBI folder on civil rights demonstrations in Alabama, and SCLC- SNCC strategy meeting regarding demonstrations in Selma and Hayneville, August-November 1965, 1965

African American Police League Records: Grapevine bulletins 1973-1980, 1973-1980

National Archive Records: Civil rights organization correspondence with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, including an SNCC report on fraud in Arkansas school board elections, 1965-1966, 1965-1966

Congressional Prints: Committee staff study compiled from selected information appearing in The Black Panther, Black Community News Service, official weekly publication of the Black Panther Party. Compilation covers issues published between June 1967 and Sept. 1970. Contains information on party organization and leadership and selected statements on various issues and policy questions. Appendices (p. 105-142) include copies of cartoons appearing in The Black Panther and photographs of party national leaders., 1970

Congressional Hearings: Hearings beginning an investigation into activities of the Black Panther Party, this volume considering the Chapter in Kansas City, Mo. Appendix (p. 2798-2885) contains a Committee staff study (p. 2798-2821). Includes photographs and documents submitted by staff and identified by witnesses., 1970

Congressional Hearings: Continuation of subcom hearings on activities of the Black Panther Party, focusing in this volume on the Seattle, Wash., Chapter. Includes index to all individuals mentioned in testimony. Appendices (p. 4377-4428) include:, 1970

Congressional Hearings: Continuation of subcom hearings on activities of the Black Panther Party, focusing in this volume on its chapters in Detroit, Mich., Philadelphia, Pa., and Indianapolis, Ind. Includes index to all individuals mentioned in testimony. Appendix contains submitted evidence relating to testimonies (p. 4571-4629), including:, 1970

Congressional Hearings: Continuation of hearings to investigate activities of the Black Panther Party. Appendices (p. 4977-5119) contain exhibits documenting testimonies of committee investigators, including: results of survey on party activities, its newspaper, and its finances; photographs from police files; and summarized interviews with former party members. Includes index to all individuals named., 1970

From the Presidential of Library Lyndon Baines Johnson: Civil Rights Files of James Gaither: Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., riots following the assassination, riot prevention measures, and D.C. Riot, 1968

Congressional Hearings: Considers miscellaneous civil rights legislation., 1963

FBI surveillance records from the Cointelpro Black Extremist program from August 1967-April 1968, including memo on the establishment of counterintelligence program targeting “black nationalist-hate type organizations” and goals of the program, 1967-1968

FBI surveillance records from the COINTELPRO Black Extremist program from August 1967-April 1968, including memo on the establishment of counterintelligence program targeting “black nationalist-hate type organizations” and goals of the program, 1967-1968

FBI Cointelpro surveillance files for March-May 1970, covering Black Panther Party, Stokely Carmichael, Black Panther Party support for Palestinians, SNCC, National Committee to Combat Fascism, Eldridge Cleaver, United Front Against Fascism, Fred Hampton, and Bobby Rush, 1970

FBI Cointelpro surveillance files for May-June 1970, covering Black Panther Party, Eldridge Cleaver, US Organization, Huey Newton, National Committee to Combat Fascism, SNCC, Breakfast for Children Program, Angela Davis, Jim Brown, Carl B. Stokes, Cleveland Now!, James Forman, and the Black Economic Development Conference, 1970

FBI surveillance records; FBI Cointelpro Black Extremists surveillance files for April-July 1968 with documentation on Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Elijah Muhammad, LeRoi Jones, SCLC, and the Nation of Islam., 1968

FBI Cointelpro surveillance files for October-December 1970, covering Black Panther Party, National Committee to Combat Fascism, SNCC, Eldridge Cleaver, Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, Nation of Islam, Huey Newton, Angela Davis, and David Rudolph Poindexter, 1970

FBI File: FBI COINTELPRO surveillance files for July-September 1968 covering Ralph Abernathy, Eldridge Cleaver, Ron Karenga, Robert F. Williams, Stokely Carmichael, Albert B. Cleage Jr., James Forman and H. “Rap” Brown, and the Poor People’s Campaign, 1968

FBI Cointelpro surveillance files for December 1968-January 1969, covering Black Panther Party, SNCC, Black Organizing Project in Memphis, Jeff Fort, Black Panther Party in Newark and Jersey City, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Rush, Fred Hampton, Eldridge Cleaver, Nation of Islam, and Blackstone Rangers in Chicago, 1968-1969

FBI surveillance files on the Deacons for Defense and Justice, October 1965-July 1966, covering Ernest Thomas, self-defense, Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Nation of Islam, Student Committee for Travel to Cuba, RAM, and CORE, 1965-1966

FBI folder: Eldridge Cleaver’s time in prison, his association with the Nation of Islam, and his involvement in the Black Panther Party movement, including contributions to the magazine Ramparts, and the ninety-minute police shoot-out in Oakland, 1967-1968, 1967-1968

FBI Files: Transcripts of Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver interviews and speeches, 1971-1972, 1971-1972

FBI Files: Black Panther Party, including activities and speeches, 1964-1978, 1964-1978

Congressional Prints: Report that positions Black Power movements as guerrilla warfare, 1968

House and Senate Reports: Study of the origins of the Black Panther Party, its founders, the mentality of the Panther leadership, their purposes, tactics, and objectives, and their successes and failures to date., 1971

FBI Files: Transcripts of Huey Newton public appearances, 1971, 1971

FBI Files: Huey Newton split with Eldridge Cleaver, from reports and interview transcripts, 1971, 1971

FBI Files: Huey Newton interview transcripts, 1971-1972, 1971-1972

FBI Files: Rally in defense of and criminal trial of Huey Newton, 1968-1969, 1968-1969

FBI Files: Huey Newton speeches and articles on race relations in the United States, including the murders of Jonathan Jackson and William A. Christmas, 1970, 1970

FBI Files: Black Panther Party civil action suit against government officials seeking redress in the amount of $50 million for their implementation of a plan to destroy the party politically and financially, 1976-1977, 1976-1977

FBI Files: Black Panther Party v. Edward Levi case, including results of FBI office file reviews on individuals involved, 1977, 1977

FBI Files: Black Panther Party civil action suit against government officials seeking redress in the amount of $50 million for their implementation of a plan to destroy the party politically and financially, including the results of FBI office file reviews on individuals involved in the case, 1977, 1977

FBI Files: Black Panther Party v. Edward Levi case, including results of FBI office file reviews on individuals involved, 1977-1978, 1977-1978

FBI Files: Black Panther Party v. Edward Levi case, including FBI office and federal agency files, 1978-1982, 1978-1982

Folder on John Lewis papers as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1964-1966

Martin Luther King Jr. correspondence, from Burke Marshall’s Justice Department correspondence, 1963-1964., 1963-1964

National Archive Records: Chicago neighborhood crime prevention program, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration grant, and National Black Police Association assistance, December 1978, 1978

National Archive Records: Mississippi political activities, focusing on elections and youth in politics, 1965-1967, 1965-1967

National Black Police Association newsletter, records regarding black police officers, 1979, 1979

House and Senate Reports: Report of the Subcom on Internal Security, citing Robert F. Williams for contempt of the Senate for failing to testify after having been subpoenaed., 1971

Congressional Hearings: Discusses procedural and legal issues involving subpoenas ducas tecum relating to materials bearing on alleged involvement of Stokely Carmichael, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Conference Educational Fund, communism, and the black power movement in 1967 Nashville, Tenn. riot., 1969

Congressional Hearings: Investigates ideology, organization and alleged activities of Black Panthers and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes numerous Black Panthers and SNCC documents., 1969

Congressional Hearings: Considers allegedly subversive activities of the Republic of New Africa, the Revolutionary Action Movement, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, and the Black Panther Party., 1969

Congressional Hearing: Continuation of hearings before the Subcom on Internal Security to question Robert F. Williams on his activities and views, including: Knowledge of and connection with militant organizations including the Revolutionary Action Movement and the Republic of New Africa (p. 78-85); impressions of revolutionary leaders met in Cuba, China, and North Vietnam (p. 93-98); itinerary, experiences, and acquaintances made in exile (p. 106-142)., 1970

Congressional Hearing: Continuation of hearings before the Subcom on Internal Security to question Robert F. Williams on: Excerpts, publication, and distribution of his newsletter, The Crusader, and other writings (p. 184-195); his acquaintance with people and organizations mentioned in correspondence, diaries, and other materials subpoenaed by subcom (p. 197-236); financial activities during exile (p. 237-250)., 1970

Congressional Hearings: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Internal Security to receive testimony from Stokely Carmichael on the financing, communist connections, if any, and the nature of leadership of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Black Panthers, the Latin American Solidarity Organization, and the Puerto Rican Independence Party. Appendix (p. 21-29) contains an article from the Daily World, Mar. 24, 1970, and excerpts of an undated recorded interview given by Stokely Carmichael during his stay in Havana to Mario Menendez, editor of the Mexican magazine Sucesos., 1970

Congressional Hearing: Hearings before the Subcom on Internal Security to question black activist Robert F. Williams on his activities during eight years of exile, from 1961 to 1969, mainly in Cuba and China. Testimony covers details on witness’ itinerary and treatment by host governments, including his ideological differences with Cuba; content, publication, and distribution of film and his writings while abroad; and relations with the Provisional Government of the African-American Captive Nation., 1970

FBI folder: FBI report on the Nation of Islam, 1960

African American Police League topical files: goals of the AAPL 1973, 1973

African American Police League Records: Grapevine newsletter of the AAPL 1968-1978, 1984, 1968-1984

African American Police League topical files: history (AAPL) 1978, 1978

FBI folder: Martin Luther King Jr. FBI file, including information on alleged communist ties, and Albany Movement, 1958-April 1962, 1958-1962

FBI folder: Martin Luther King Jr. FBI File, including Nation of Islam, June-July 1964, 1964

FBI folder: Martin Luther King Jr. FBI File, including death threats, and voting rights, February-March 1965, 1965

FBI folder: Martin Luther King Jr. FBI File, including Selma to Montgomery March, March-April 1965, 1965

FBI folder: Martin Luther King Jr. FBI file, including Birmingham, Alabama, and Highlander Folk School, June-July 1963, 1963

FBI folder: Martin Luther King Jr. FBI file, including March on Washington, July-September 1963, 1963

FBI folder: Martin Luther King Jr. FBI File, including SCLC, November 1963-January 1964, 1964