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A Case Study of the Gratiot Redevelopment Project.
Describes difficulty in relocating largely Negro population of the area.
A Century of Civil Rights, with a Study of State Law against Discrimination by Theodore Leskes.
Cites federal and state judicial decisions regarding employment, housing, education, public accommodations.
A Century of Negro Life and Culture in Detroit
Exhibit at the Historical Museum was gathered together with the help of the Heirloom Society, Booker T. Washington Trade Association and other groups and individuals.
A Century of Negro Migration
Describes settlements in Cass County, the first Detroit families, and Michigan's importance in the Underground Railroad.
A Century with the Negroes of Detroit: 1830-1930.
Deals with "population growth, civil and social status, migration, unique institutional and occupational strides."
A Community Study of Ecorse, Michigan
Presents an economic profile based on 1950 and 1960 census data which shows the large non-white population is plagued with high unemployment and lacks adequate housing, transportation, and other community benefits.
A Community Wide Approach to Training the Hard-Core by Ronald H. Hutson, Manager, Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce, Jame R. Smith, Chairman, Ypsilanti Job Opportunity Committee.
Describes brief orientation program with advance commitment of jobs.
A Comparative Analysis of Pupil Performance on Conventional and Culture-Controlled Mental Tests.
Compares performance of 355 Negro, Polish, and white American ten-year-old pupils in Detroit and Hamtramck on both types of tests; finds Negro children do not consistently score lower than white.
A Comparative Study of Detroit's Partisan and Non-Partisan Voting Behavior as Revealed by the 1948 Presidential and 1949 Mayoralty Elections
Finds Negroes "have become the most solid Democratic voting block in Detroit."
p. 58-67. Racial and Ethnic Vote Pattern.
p. 58-67. Racial and Ethnic Vote Pattern.