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Brief History of St. Mary's Peter Claver Center, Jackson, Michigan
This center for Catholic community activity was destroyed by fire in 1969. History was examined in Jackson Community Relations office.
Landmarks of Detroit, a History of the City
Summarizes Faulkner and Blackburn Riots; describes Underground Railroad.
Michigan in the War, Rev. ed.
Regiment Colored Infantry (102d U.S.) Reprints official correspondence, giving authroization for raising the regiment, and rosters of officers; includes military history of the regiment.
Marching Blacks, an Interpretive History of the Rise of the Black Common Man
Cites work of Snow Grigsby and the Detroit Civic Rights Committee (p. 108-109); gives personalized view of 1943 Race Riot (p. 166-168)
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.
The Long Road, a History of the Coloured Canadian in Windsor, 1867-1967
Records achievements of Afro-Americans in Windsor, many of whom or whose ancestors have Detroit connections.
Approaches for Teaching Black Culture and History in the Public Schools
Identifies and evaluates some of the major approaches now emerging in teaching black history, as revealedin work shops of more than 500 teachers in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County elementary and secondary schools.
Twenty-Five Years of Negro Activity in Detroit
Summarizes economic, social, cultural life of Detroit Negro from 1910-1934
A Negro Emigration Convention, 1854. p. 363-366 of A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
Gives text of the platform of a convention meeting in Cleveland, August 24-26, 1854, favoring voluntary emigration and colonization. President of the 102-member convention was William C. Monroe of Michigan.
Address to the Congress of the United States, p. 766-768 of Aptheker, Herbert, ed. A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
(Appeared also as Senate Document no. 64, 54th Congress, 1st session) Gives text of militant demand to Congress for equal rights, formulated at founding convention in Detroit, January 1896.