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Examines "how and why [the Commission's] present racial policies developed," and the Commission role in the Sojourner Truth Riot.

Recommends educational changes to offset effects of father-absence and public welfare support.

p. 127-143. Detroit: the Write-in Challenge. Describes Klan influx and influence in Detroit after World War I; summarizes Sweet Case, and preceding attempted move-ins by Dr. Alex Turner and James Fletcher.

Part of the survey examines ten cities, among them Detroit, "to determine what relationship exists between four socio-economic characteristics of a population, and the location and resources of branch libraries"

Pg. 58-62. Michigan. Summarizes study of patterns of employment in the construction industry in Detroit, Lansing, and Grand Rapids, and practices of employers, unions, and apprentice training schools.

Through pictures, officers' and committee reports, shows progress of a black business development program organized in late 1967.

Investigates methods employed for improving interracial education in a kindergarten located in a changing neighborhood of Detroit.

Contains a few pictures, with captions, of Detroit incidents or Detroiters.

Makes reference to racial composition of Detroit, housing problems, and relationship of Negro to union. Contains vivid description of 1943 Race Riot.

Presents and assesses figures, some estimated, for period 1940-1970, on population by age, color, and sex.