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p. 18-23. In Spite of the Handicap: James D. Corrothers.

The last fifty pages of this biography of Claude Williams describe his experiences in Detroit during World War II in bringing together the church, labor, and blacks.

Compares black and white and black male and female performance on selected psychological tests, using black T.A.P. personnel, white college students and entry level managerial public utility employees.

Sojourner Truth moved to Battle Creek in 1856 and died there in 1883.

(Excerpts are included also as p. 237-238 of Aptheker, Herbert, ed. A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. New York, Citadel, 1951; and as p. 51-71 of Osofsky, Gilbert, ed. Puttin' on Ole Massa. New York, Harper, 1969) Bibb…

This updated version of a 1945 book entitled They Seek a City includes a one-chapter capsule history of Negroes in Detroit.

Includes Dr. William Troy, pastor of Second Baptist Church in 1857.

Summarizes "steps taken by the Negro race in Detroit almost from the days of Cadillac to January 1, 1943."

Includes biographies of Charles C. Diggs, Jr., John Conyers, Ralph Bunche, Wade McCree, Charles Mahoney, Edward C. Sylvester, Jr. and others.

Includes brief biographies of Charles Diggs, Jr., Cora M. Brown, and Charline White.