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A Biography of Benjamin B. Pelham; a Study in Informal Organization.
Emphasizes government career of Pelham.
Dinner Honoring Dr. James J. McClendon, May 23, 1945
Program includes excerpts from testimonial letters, and biography of honoree.
The Negro in Medicine
Joseph Ferguson and son, John C., and a Chicago doctor born in Ypsilanti, George C. Hall, are among subjects of biographies.
The Negro in Sports.
Narrates exploits of Eugene Beatty, Booker Brooks, De Hart Hubbard, Benjamin Goode, Harry C. Graves, Joe Louis, Percy Stanley Simmons, Gideon Smith, Eddie Tolan, Allen Wesley, Willis Ward, William Watson, and Sports writer Russ Cowan.
The Black Athlete, Emergence and Arrival.
Includes brief biographies of Cazzie Russell, Eddie Tolan, Joe Louis, Gene Lipscomb, Henry Carr, Hayes Jones, and Sugar Ray Robinson
To Master - a Long Goodnight, the Story of Uncle Tom, a Historical Narrative.
In narrating the life of Josiah Henson, introduces the reader to the historical connections between Michigan and the Windsor-Chatham area.
Ambitions That Could Not Be Fenced In
Gives brief biographies of many black Detroiters.
A Twentieth Century History of Cass County, Michigan
p. 287-296. The Calvin Negro Colony.
Narrative of Sojourner Truth.
Includes excerpts from contemporary Michigan newspapers describing upcoming or recent appearances of Sojourner Truth whose last days were spent in Battle Creek.
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.