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"The Unfinished Business in Civil Rights in Michigan," a Conference on Reality, Goals, and Strategy.
Includes summaries of workshops on housing, education, employment, law enforcement and of general session speeches.
A Century of Civil Rights, with a Study of State Law against Discrimination by Theodore Leskes.
Cites federal and state judicial decisions regarding employment, housing, education, public accommodations.
A Report to the People of Detroit on Housing in the City of Detroit, part 1.
Presents statistical analysis of present housing situation, considers areas of low and moderate income housing and code enforcement
Address to the Congress of the United States, p. 766-768 of Aptheker, Herbert, ed. A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
(Appeared also as Senate Document no. 64, 54th Congress, 1st session) Gives text of militant demand to Congress for equal rights, formulated at founding convention in Detroit, January 1896.
Annual Report, 1911-date.
Contains much detail on the Detroit branch: internal activities (1914, p.8 and 1957, p.29); national conferences held in Detroit (1921, p. 69 and 1936, p. 27); receipt of Thalheimer award (1948, p. 17); and lauding of Dr. Alf Thomas, promoter of $100…
Attention Citizens, the President of the United States Has Called upon the Military Forces of the United States to Aid in Suppression of Civil Insurrection and All Good Citizens to Aid in Preserving the Public Peace
Broadside distributed during 1943 Riot.
Autobiography of Malcolm X with the Assistance of Alex Haley
Includes account of boyhood in Lansing area, and participation in Black Muslim movement in Detroit.
Brown Guinea Pigs, Handful of Brave Pioneers Risk Life, Limb and Livelihood in Fight for Democracy.
Pictures and/or text narrate stories of Rosa Parks, Autherine Lucy, Dr. Ossian Sweet and family, Orsel McGhee.
Civil Liberty in American Cities, a Survey Based on 332 American Cities of Over 10,000 Population
Ratings, based on condition of civil rights, labor unions, treatment of Negroes by police, etc. range from "very good" for Pontiac, to "poor" for Detroit, and "bad" for Grand Rapids.
Civil Rights Commission, Hearings on S. 1117 and 1219, Bills Relationg to the Extension of the Civil Rights Commission
p. 455-464. Kornegay, Francis A. Our Community: Seven Critical Problems Facing US. Problems are continuing migration to Detroit, employment and underemployment, housing and urban renewal, educational opportunity, hospital and medical services, social…