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The Social and Political Reactions of Older Negroes to Unemployment.
Compares "labor market experiences and consequent social-political adjustment of Negroes and whites, unemployed as result of Packard Motor Car Company close-down of June 1956."
The Detroit Rioters and Looters Committed to Prison.
The sociologist and the psychologist at Jackson Prison report on studies of ninety-seven Negroes, eight whites committed after the 1943 Riot. Reprinted as pg. 298-304 of Grimshaw, Allen D. Racial Violence in the United States. Chicago, Aldine, 1969.
Toy Must Go!
Condemns Detroit Police Department and its Commissioner, Harry S. Toy, for anti-Negro and anti-union violence.
Your House on Alger Street...the Gordy Case
Describes Gordy case and its background, and similar episodes of the past.
Jim Crow Walls Crumbling in City.
Michigan Edition, December 11, 1949
Class Bias in Education.
Summarizes Pat Sexton's Education and Income, a Study of the Detroit school system.
Henry Ford and the Negro People
Citing several examples, alleges jobs at Ford Motor Company for Negroes are largely undesirable, unhealthful, poorly paid, and used for coercive purposes.
Behind the Housing Headlines
Explains consequences of segregated housing patterns in Grand Rapids; considers two current proposals, public houseing and open occupancy legislation
Comparative Accuracy with which Negro and White Children Can Predict Teachers' Attitudes toward Negro Students
Studies Flint School teachers and students as to how Negro students are perceived by their peers, by their teachers, and by themselves.
