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civil disorders . President Johnson instructed the FBI to investigate the
origins of the rebellions . The FBI surveyed nine cities and published a
report in which it referred to Progressive Labor, a
Marxist Leninist group
with offices based in Harlem, and without mentioning his
name, described
the activities of Malcolm X as a leader urging blacks to abandon the doctrine
of non-violence .
FBI director, J . Edgar Hoover testified before the House Appropriations
Committee that the FBI was following the racial situation .
The Justice Department reported that this intelligence had already
made it possible for the Civil Rights Division to keep 'a
close and continuing watch on civil rights demonstrations, which
totaled 2,422 in almost all states during the year ending April,
1964 .' 13
In 1966, the FBI instituted a program of preparing semi-monthly summaries
of possible racial violence in major urban areas . Field offices
were instructed to conduct a
continuing survey to develop more information
concerning racial developments .
The FBI concentrated its investigation on black nationalists organizations
described as "hate type organizations," with a propensity for violence
and civil disorder .
Leaders and members of 'black nationalist' groups were investigated
under the Emergency Detention Program for placement on the
FBI's Security Index . 14
Dr . King and SCLC were included on the Security Index because the FBI
feared Dr . King might abandon non-violence and embrace nationalism .
Activities Against Dr . Martin Luther King, Jr .
From 1963 until 1968, the FBI targeted Dr . Martin Luther King to
13 Ibid ., p . 476 .
14 1bid ., p . 477 .