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History and Directory of Churches of Detroit, Michigan
pg. 31: Zion Baptist Church
pg. 232-236: African ME Church
pg. 237-240: Ebenezer ME Chapel. Presents brief history, and for ME churches, names of members and staff.
pg. 232-236: African ME Church
pg. 237-240: Ebenezer ME Chapel. Presents brief history, and for ME churches, names of members and staff.
History of the Negro in Michigan
Traces history to 1870, with many citations to pertinent manuscripts.
Official History of Freemasonry among the Colored People in North America
Chapter 27. Freemasonry in Michigan - 1859.
White Hypocrisy and Black Lethargy
Using both statistics and case histories, illustrates many inequalities in employment, distribution of patronage and of justice, insurance rates, public accomodations.
Taps or Reveille?
"Written to bring the reader some interesting background information, historical and current." Some essays deal with local subjects, as schools and city politics.
A Twentieth Century History of Cass County, Michigan
p. 287-296. The Calvin Negro Colony.
Progress of a Race; or the Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro, from the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust
p.346-347. Carrothers, James Davis. Carrothers was a Baptist minister and writer, born in Calvin, Michigan.
FICC, a Mott Foundation Experiment
Gives history of the organization, founded in 1945, whose director is John D. Russell.
Michigan: a Guide to the Wolverine State
Includes many references to role of Negroes in history and present condition of the state and its cities.
History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan, a Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present. 3rd ed. Rev. and enl.
p. 344-348. Slavery and the Colored Race. P.750-751. Colored Schools.