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Folder, "Detroit - FBI Reports, July 23, 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 22 (Item)
  • , 1067, for a copy ot tho articles Louj.s g. I.,cw.r..x·regru·dint1 tho copy of his sorics of articles "Independent this month. Stn1' News, . The ltedernl s1on Qt no infori-~atiou lutivlHl17 orf;anuaticn 11 Detroit writtt,u on by riot,. l no cnclo
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Folder, "Detroit - FBI Reports, July 23, 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 22
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • Director Hoover, General Johnson, Secretary of the Army Reior, Mr. Marvin Watson, Mr. Abe Fortas, and Mr. George Christian. The President was reading the June 22, 1943, issue of the New York Times concerning President Roosevelt's actions in Detroit
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1
Folder, "Olympic Medals Luncheon, 12/1/64," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 7 (Item)
  • -J. Carmod-,B ronze-boxing; Paterson, New Jersey Mr. Henry.. Carr ZGold-track &:field; Detroit, Michigan Mr. Olla». C. Cassell Gold-track &:field; Nutley, New Jersey Mr. War~en J. Cawley Gold ..track & field; Los Angeles, California Miss Jeanne E
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • Christian. The Presiden t was reading the J une 22, 1943, issue of the New York Tin-ies concerning President Roose v elt 1 s actions in Detroit. The Presid~nt read aloud excerpts of. an articl e entitled 1 'Rayburn assails Roosevelt critics. 11 The President
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1
Folder, "Lobsinger, Donald," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 10 (Item)
  • -Chair obert Piper, December 20, 1967 in Detroit. I called Lobsinger directly and he agreed to see ·me at the Greyhound Bus Terminal Cafeteria, Detroit, for lunch on De·cember 20, 1967. I met him there at 12~00 noon; he brought with him his Vice-chai~man
Folder, "Breakthrough - Miscellaneous," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)
  • of persons "We are at War." Only ::ays before, in New York, Brown had descr-ibed the Detroit and Newark 'riots' as DRESS REHEARSALS for all-out violent revolution and armed warfare .• Since that time - though on a smaller scale - the arson con­ tinues
Folder, "City of Detroit - Presentation," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 77 (Item)
  • troop movements remainder of concerning support . rt Mon., 31 July 1200: Telephone discussion with Rep. Nedzi concerning support plans and seneral situation. 1230: Lunch at Detroit Detroit News. 1440: Discussion with Sen. Hart concerning
  • See all scanned items from file unit "Investigations - Detroit - General"
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Folder, "City of Detroit - Presentation," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 77
Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1 (Item)
  • of these relatives were killed . in the Detroit riot inc·reased tension and the poten­ tial for violence in Grand Rapids. - 28 Negroes in northern New Jersey towns have relatives in Newark; many work in Newark and live in the surrounding communities. Phone calls
Folder, "January 12, 1965," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 12 (Item)
  • , Manager, Personnel Services, ChrJsler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan A. F. Jacobson, President, Northwestern Bell Telephone Co, Omaha, Neb. Paul B. Jessup, Director of Corporate Relations, Kennecott Copper Corporation, New York, New York Thomas V. Jones
Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:30 a.m. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • said the very appointment of the President's Advisory Commission has deterrent factors. He said the help of news media will be of great assistance. He continued "We cannot do very much overnight. The information we already have gained from Detroit
  • Detroit (Mich.)
Folder, "Black National Movement - FBI Report - File #3," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)
  • Black Natlonalist Movel"l'leMt, DeRvor Division C 1 1/30/68 A~ Black Nationalist Movement, Detroit Division NLll 11'2.A:.-\3-\~l ~·SON'\I ~u t=o I). \:4) C 80 1/31/68 -14r-(t~ utt»d ~'1/J./(3 .eaa repoll Black NationalistMovement
Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations - Reports of Investigators 1967-1968 [Cities]: Detroit [1 of 3]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 2 (Item)
  • . Joyce needs goint. said that the hippies a sense of cooperation "Mao knew that and have taught the new left that it between members in order to keep so did George Washington." He said that the Negroes of Detroit were not completely united
  • Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations - Reports of Investigators 1967-1968 [Cities]: Detroit [1 of 3]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 2
Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations - Reports of Investigations [Cities]: Detroit [3 of 3]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 2 (Item)
  • in the license, and no renewal of such license shall be granted ex• cept upon the filing of a new application. Every li­ cense issued hereunder shall bear the imprint of the right thumb of the licensee, or, if that be not pos­ sible, of the left thumb or some
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations - Reports of Investigations [Cities]: Detroit [3 of 3]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 2
Folder, "Methodology," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • spelled waD backwards.) 1 I We engaged DJ'troit, in investigations Grand Rapids, inlOG!Ethe Newark, Plainfield, following cities: Elizabeth, Englewood, Jllrsey City, New Brunswdick, Old Taylor, and Cambridge, Md.Ji 1: . o r vast ~ and FAR
Folder, "Breakthrough - FBI Reports," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)
  • ' .... . .. _ I ... ., -. UNITED S'tiATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES'l'IGATION Z.. !leJ,ly,_Pkaae Rf/er to n, l!o. ·. Detroit, MJ.chig~n December 7~ 1966 Re: Breakthrough The :inform~tion bereiruifit(f;;r set forth
Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [1 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)
  • be a diversionary tactic. Belle Isle, the recreation area in the Detroit River that had been the scene of the 1943 riot, was sealed off. In an effort not to attract people to the scene, _some broadcasters cooperated by reporting no news of the riot. As a · result
Folder, "Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) - FBI Reports - Detroit" Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 18 (Item)
  • :attempti:n:g to recruit new members and expand its sphere of influenceo To d.~te RAM has orga.rdzed 9 according uni ts FD-323 (Rev. 11-29-61) UNITED STATES FEDERAL BUREAU Detroit, August Iri Reply, Please Refer to· FileNo. DEPARTMENT DE 157
  • Folder, "Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) - FBI Reports - Detroit" Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 18
Folder, "Stan [Clarke's] Personnel File," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 32 (Item)
  • . When he is caught up, he can help with the many miscellaneous duties in Social Pil••• Witb a new Clerk to do this work, it will relieve Ed Ratti, who is well experienced and qualified to do many important duties, in which a new person is unable to do
Folder, "Summary Analysis: December 20, 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 3 (Item)
  • --- became extremely inct'ignant to find their double- parked cars being ticketed and towed away . News of this police action was rapi d ly transmitted by cab radio throughout the ghetto. The difference betwee n Newark and Detroit at th is point , however
Folder, "Ex PU 1 / FG 731 [Publications / President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity]," WHCF PU Subject Files, Box 23 (Item)
  • ; and P. Bert Lewie, E. I. du Pont Director of de Nemours & Company and new Administrative Plana for Progress. and national efforts to bring about equal employ­ ment opportunities.'' Firms subsidizing the Detroit seminar were: Aluminum Company of America
Folder, "Simulmatics Corporation," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 39, Box 7 (Item)
  • in consultation with the Commission' s research s taff . The cities are: Detroit , Michigan; Milwaukee , Wisconsin; Cincinnat i , Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Tampa , Florida; Newark , New Jersey; Plainfield, New Je rsey; Elizabeth, New Jersey; Jersey Ci ty , New Jersey
Folder, "August 8, 1967 - 9:02 a.m. Democratic Congressmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • about cuts. The President said he did not know anybody who was talking about a vast new plan who speaks for the administration. The President pointed out that $400 million was spent in Detroit, but that did not keep if from exploding with riots
Folder, "Black Liberation Front - FBI Reports, March 22, 1966," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 13 (Item)
  • no information as to the existence of a. Black Liberation Front organ­ ization in the New York area.. New York confidential sources advised in February, 1966,. that they could furnish no information reflecting the existence of an organization known as the Black
Folder, "Epton, William Leo, Jr.," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8 (Item)
  • of: WILLIAMC. KASH Date: New York, New York Offke1 AUG3 1 1967 Fleld Office FIie I: 100-138651 Title: WILLIAMLEO EP.rON, JR. Character: INTERNALSECURITY-PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY Bureau File l:100-432251 Subject resides at Apartment ~, 1470 Amsterdam
Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • - l August 5, 1967 NOTES OF MEETING OF PRESIDENT WITH MEL ELFIN, NEWSWEEK: JOHN STEELE OF TIME: JACK SUTHERLAND OF U.S. NEWS, JULY 28, 1967 The President had a general discussion with these three magazine writers on the Detroit riot and civil
Folder, "History I. A Short Narrative History," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • to be desegregated with all deliberate speed. On December 1, 1955, a Negro seamstress named Rosa Parks was arrested when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a M~ntgomery, Alabama, bus. When the news spread through the community, a young Negro minister
Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations [Weapons, Fires (1 of 2)]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)
  • . Preliminary inquiries in Milwaukee and Detroit met with little response. This was thought to be unusual in view of the fact that these cities would be likely to have had large representations at such a meeting. It appears that the meeting was scrubbed because
Folder, "Kerner Commission (NACCD) References," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)
  • ATLAN'l'A 0 BRIDGE'l'ON. . CAMBRIDGE CINCINNATI DAYTON DET~OIT ELIZABETH ENGLEWOOD .. GRANDRAPIDS . I JERSEY CITY .. MILWAUKEE NEW BRUNSWICK. .. NEWHAVEN . NEWARK PATERSON. .... PHOENIX PLAINFIELD ROCKFORD TAMPA TUCSON •. , ) - 121
Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Jan. 1968]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)
  • Date: Returned to Mr. George Trask December 4, 1967 on December 4, 1967 the following: 1. FBI Report on Detroit, Detroit, Re: Rioting, July 23, 1967 Michigan, dated July Michigan, Beginning (CONFIDENTIAL) 24, 1967 2. FBI Report on Detroit
Folder, "August 2, 1967 - 12:09 p.m. Cabinet Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • % involvement by non-Negroes in Detroit. There was a 5% involvement by non-Negroes in Newark. The Attorney General said that the Crime Control Act is the best thing the administration has to fight this problem now. He said we do need a gun control bill. National
Folder, "C.F.- BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post-War Planning)," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • . Romney, George 11.. Population 12. Post Viet Nam Planning Committee: Crime Control and Education 13. Program Reporting Data and Statistics {background for Fred Behen on Federal Aid to Urban Areas) 14. Program Information for Detroit (drafts) 15. New York
Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [2 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)
  • in the aOllmlWlity which does IQOst of the riotinq. Again, experience in such cities aa New York and St. Louis suggest ■ that theae step• are bot.b feasible and important. But the experience of Detroit •uggesta that these efforts by themaelves, without effort
Folder, "Gray, Jesse Willard," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8 (Item)
  • content• are not to be dlatrtbuted outatd~ your aqency. QOllPIBlll4'IA'1 UN ------------:o STATES DEPARTMENT - OF JI 'ICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Copy loa l - Secret Service, New York City (.RM) 3 - 108th MI Group, New York City (RM
Folder, "Pulliam, Eugene C. [1930-1932]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 4 (Item)
  • brought i n t o General Newspape rs . There app arently will be no s u r p lus from ·Ge org ia , wh ich leaves · us only the dividends on News p apers , Inc . and the Okl a homa properties , ab ove purcha se require me~ts . e y be able to t ake s Jme money
Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Feb. - March 1968]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)
  • . Rap Brown, National Chairman of the.Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, who is in prison in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the letter Brown said that for every Orangeburg there would be ten Detroits. He urged revenge for the shedding of Negro blood
Folder, "Weapons - Study of Role in Disorder, 1967-1968," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 5 (Item)
  • than 25 percent of the guns taken by authorities in Detroit were legally registered. A general discussion of the cities experiencing the most trouble recently showed that one third were cities and towns in New Jersey. cities (attached). . Mr. Scales
Folder, "Hoffa, James," Name Files, WHCF, Box H-339 (Item)
  • : This will acknowledge receipt o£ your letter of May 4, addressed to the President, bringing to his attention the resolution adopted at your meeting of April 21, 1964. Sincerely, Myer Feldman Deputy Special Couuel to the Prealdent I t
Folder, "Black Nationalist Movement - FBI Reports - File #2," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)
  • and promote Malcolm X objectives, also to sponsor Black Power conferences. STOKELY CARMICHAEL rally · in Cincinnati 4/29/67. Memorial . -­ for Malcolm ·x on 5/20/67, with visitors from Detroit, including GRACE BOGGS, ·who with husband JAME8i, is Marxist
Folder, "Washington/Meet the Press 4/7/68," Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 35 (Item)
  • is a turbulence that has not led to some of the things have seen in the riots killed in the Detroit than in all of the past. riot last of the disturbances in 1965 sin~e of There has been a firmer think that we can see from this tion, for riot
Folder, "Gen PU 1 / FG 731 [Publications / President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity]," WHCF PU Subject Files, Box 33 (Item)
  • to develop policies, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chairman Franklin D. Roosevelt, plans, and programs for the new (EEOC) was announced today by Commission Jr. Mr. Roosevelt said these task forces will help the EEOC prepare for the full