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Documents some two dozen instances of integration in Michigan cities from May 1954 to May 1956, in fields of education, employment, housing, organizations, public accommodations, religion, politics.

Appendices give data as of mid-1940's on number of white churches with Negro attendants and number of Negro members, by state and denomination; and on Negro enrollment, 1939-45, at Adrian, Albion, Alma, Hope and Kalamazoo Colleges, and at Western…

Using inner city Detroit schools studies correlation of academic performance and procedures used in school-community relations.

Compares racial attitudes of predominantly Negro boys at Kettering with those of white boys at Ann Arbor's University High School.

Describes OEO-funded project, co-sponsored by Wayne and Detroit Public Schools to improve job counseling in selected inner city schools.

Studies K-12 program in the Flint Public Schools.

Investigates "three of the conditions under which [eighty fifth and sixth grade Negro boys in two integrated Detroit Public Schools] would exhibit differential levels of belief that events are beyond personal control."

Interview results of arrestees made ten days after Riots started, showed more than half were over twenty-five, some 85% had some high school education, 75% were employed, and "moderates" outnumbered "militants."

Cites federal and state judicial decisions regarding employment, housing, education, public accommodations.

Using Flint Public Schools' "Better Tomorrow for the Urban Child," program, studies whether students' self-concept materially affects his intellectually achievement.