Finest Negro Hotel; Detroit's Carlton Plaza Sets New Standards for Hostelries.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Gives constitution, lists of contributors, objectives, home of first officers, and life members.
Detroit Public Library - Burton Historical Collection
First Annual Report of Detroit's Strongest Growing Force for Black Economic Independence, 1968
Through pictures, officers' and committee reports, shows progress of a black business development program organized in late 1967.
Covers period October 15, 1944 to February 15, 1946. Director Crockett reports on committee publications, disposition of complaints, pressure for state and federal FEP legislation, progress toward securing model "no-discrimination" clauses in contracts, efforts toward interracial bowling, and against "Jim Crow" outings by local unions
Catalog entry (Reuther Library): http://archives.wayne.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/397890
First Colored Graduate of Detroit Training School
Her obituary states Etta E. Brown graduated from Detroit Normal Training School in February, 1897.
Five Million Baptists Plan Progress Drive: Detroit Convention Launches New Era of Peaceful Growth for Organization.
Convention activities include awarding certificate to Mrs. Rosa Parks by Dr. Mary O. Ross of Detroit, head of Women's Convention.
Flint Community Schools Racial Distribution, 1950-1970 Prepared by Research Service Department
Cumulates data in annual school censues showing distribution of students and teachers by schools.
Catalog entry (Flint Public Library): http://fplcatalog.polarislibrary.com/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&pos=1&cn=183731
Flint Tees Off; Vehicle City Golfclub Interracial Tourney is Biggest in U.S.
Focus on Detroit: Black Power, Black Rebellion
Unity is black community's present need.
Folklore Collected in Metropolitan Detroit by Students of Emelyn D. Gardner and Thelma G. James, at Wayne State University.
This manuscript and recent Folklore Archive annual reports, show the wide range of topics covered by its collections. Among them are oral biography, proverbs, folk songs, blues, ghost tales, games, jokes, children's lore, medicine, food and voodoo beliefs, gambling, black self image, attitude toward whites, "rapping," Detroit storefront, church, 1943 and 1967 Riots.
Catalog entry (Wayne State University): https://elibrary.wayne.edu/record=b5363486~S47