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Unemployment in an Inner-Core City Area; the Findings of a Survey Conducted in Detroit, Michigan
Cooperative Study with Michigan Employment Security Commission and U.S. Employment Service looks at unemployment and underemployment, by sex, age, race, and other population characteristics in inner city Detroit area in late 1966.
Patterns of Discrimination Study, Interim Report, May 1, 1966, for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
pg. 17-20: Michigan.
The Blue-Collarite Abandoned in the Big City
Predicts that Detroit's 1970 population will see great growth of younger blacks, older whites.
Negro Organization at Ford's, Section 5 of UAW
Three page account of the 1941 Ford Strike by UAW Director of Negro Organizational Activities.
Labor in American Politics
Includes much discussion of labor-Negro relationships in Detroit and Michigan politics
Proportion of Colored Employees in Each Building, Rouge Plant, 10/5/37
Includes one page entitled "Colored Count in Tool Rooms"
Participation of Non-White Workers in the Labor Force, p.265-279
Assesses Negro labor market progress, 1950-1960, and predicts future trends.
Racial Factors in American Industry
Gives occasional illustrations from Detroit of such items as impact of unemployment, and work and living habits of Negro labor.
Labor and Automobiles
The Negro Worker. Traces Negro's employment experience in the auto plants.
Indigenous Leadership in Two Lower-Class Neighborhood Organizations
Assesses strengths, motivations for membership and leadership in block clubs and school-oriented clubs in the areas of Detroit served by Franklin and Sophie Wright Settlement houses.