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Witnesses for Freedom: Negro Americans in Autobiography
p. 18-23. In Spite of the Handicap: James D. Corrothers.
Who's Who in Colored America, an Illustrated Biographical Directory of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in the United States
This and the six precious editions, beginning in 1927, carry biographies of religious, educational, legal, financial, welfare, community, military, and other leaders. The geographical index of the seventh edition lists fifty-two Detroiters, eighteen…
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.
The Negro Politician, His Success and Failure
Includes brief biographies of Charles Diggs, Jr., Cora M. Brown, and Charline White.
The Negro in the Inkster Village Council
Examines "how the Negro has served in the legislative body of the village"; gives brief biographies of all Negroes who served on the Council.
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 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 History of the Negro in Medicine
(International Library of Negro Life and History) Gives brief information on three men who received medical training in Michigan, Doctors Henry Fitzbutler, John R. Francis and Robert Boyd. Has extensive bibliography.
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
Sugar Ray
Describes boyhood in Detroit.