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Negro Segregation in the Methodist Church
Presents data from interviews and questionnaires conducted in the 1940's, of District Superintendent and black and white ministers. Many descriptions of actual church practices are geographically identified.
In Spite of the Handicap
Autobiography of a native-born Michigan minister and journalist.
Colored Detroit; a Brief History of Detroit's Colored Population and a Directory of Their Businesses, Organizations, Professions, and Trades
Gives many brief biographical sketches, and descriptions of churches, as well as a directory arranged by occupation.
Fact Sheet on House Committee on Un-American Activities
Quotes several black ministers regarding their reaction to Committee criticisms of Rev. Charles Hill.
City of Detroit Business and Professional Guide, 5th-6th editions
Publisher Charlotte Perry lists "leading business and professional men, women and institutions [and] functioning clubs, fraternal and religious organizations."
The Story of Detroit
Has many references to Negroes including location of black churches, description of Underground Railroad, and of Faulkner and Blackburn riots.
The CESSA Story
Tells origin, purposes, progress of this "inter-denominational group of parishes on the Southeast side of Detroit," under direction of the Reverend Bob Baldwin.
This I Believe
An Episcopal Bishop describes his childhood in Grand Rapids. A one-page biography of Burgess precedes his essay.
Adoptive Recruitment Programs for Negro Childern
Describes program used by Catholic Social Services of Wayne County for finding Negro adoptive homes and parents.
The Political Status of the Negro.
Describes Negro's shift of allegiance from Republican to Democratic Party, influence of church, and of the Ford Motor Company on Negro politics, and gerrymandering of wards with large Negro concentration.