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Conference sponsored by the Willow Run Committee on Race Relations and the Michigan Council of Churches and Christian Education, Thursday, January 18, 1945.
Presents program whose participants are largely from local social agencies , UAW, and University of Michigan.
How Far the Promised Land?
Contains occasional references to developments in Michigan.
Counseling Low-Income Families, a Report on Emergency Family Counseling Service
Summarizes a "two-year demonstration project to provide family casework to families confronted with crisis situations" in a Southeast Detroit area whose population is 70% black
Analysis of Twenty Civil Disorders Relevant to Thirteen Particular Activities of Interest to the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Synthesizes information in Detroit Riot made available to National Advisory Commitee on Civil Disorders p. 67-100 Detroit
The New South Investigated.
"Attorney-at-law and Solicitor in Chancery at the Detroit Bar" editorializes on relation of the Negro to labor organizations, and on the progress of the race.
A Study of Personnel Practices and Policies with Relation to Utilization of Teachers from the Negro Minority Group in Certain Michigan Public School Districts
Analyzes practices in six unidentified Michigan school districts.
The Negro in Grand Rapids, 1840-1956
Lists many individuals, as ministers, homeowners, firsts in various employment cateogries; describes several interracial episodes, evidently using newspapers as sources.
Annual Report, 1911-date.
Contains much detail on the Detroit branch: internal activities (1914, p.8 and 1957, p.29); national conferences held in Detroit (1921, p. 69 and 1936, p. 27); receipt of Thalheimer award (1948, p. 17); and lauding of Dr. Alf Thomas, promoter of $100…
The Black Legion Rides
Narrates various crimes committed in Michigan including murder in preceding year of Silas Coleman and James Armour