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The Grim Facts (a Survey of a Few of the Instances of Violence against the Negro People as Reported in the Press): Michigan
Summarizes several instances of violence, some growing out of the Sojourner Truth Riots.
The Walkout: A Symptom of Dying Inner City Schools
Principal of Northern High Freedom School describes background of the 1966 walkout.
The Beacon Tree
Relate's author's childhood memory of the Underground Railroad Spring Hill stop in Shelby Township, Macomb County
Negroes in Michigan Sports
Lists some of the outstanding athletes, past and present, in Michigan colleges and universities and in Michigan professional sports.
The Negro Church: A Power Institution
Sketches past record of church, nationally, and present activities of Detroit churches.
Great Rider Trains a Tiny Tyke: Nine-Year-Old Schoolgirl learned Horsemanship from a Master, Henry Jennings
Joetter Smith has been trained by her grandfather, "who runs Michigan's biggest Negro operated horse stables."
Gt. [Great] Lakes; Detroit Institution Is One of Fastest Growing Insurance Companies in America
Describes company and its president, Charles H. Mahoney.
A Hopeful Sign of Race Relations
Lists recently established interracial committees, among them Detroit's which has obtained some improvement in taxicab service, housing, and police administration.