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Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged: Programs and Practices, Preschool through College
Describes and evaluates many Detroit programs (as production of pre-primer series using Negro characters; second-hand paperback libraries in English classrooms; summer program; adult after-school and evening classes in skills areas; child help;…
Democracy in Grand Rapids--Do We Practice What We Preach? Luncheon Series, October [15] - November [19] 1959
Areas discussed include housing, education, employment, attitude of churches.
The Battered City Syndrome, Urban Problems Workshop, April 16, 1969
Includes text of speeches by panelists at the workshop on urban problems.
A Study of Fair Employment Practices of the City Government, Final Report
Finds no cases of active but some of passive discrimination. Recommends an affirmative action employment program
Report to the City Commission of Grand Rapids, July, 1954
Surveys status or race relations in Grand Rapids in housing, employment, education, civil protection, recreation, social agency services, health services; recommends establishment of permanent human relations agency to deal with these problems.
A Study of Housing in Selected Areas of Grand Rapids
On basis of statistical analysis, recommends low-cost housing construction and open occupancy
Housing of Non-Whites in Grand Rapids, Michigan
"Based on data in the 1960 Censuses of Housing and Population."
Riot Reactions Among Clergymen
Riots and Rebellion, Civil Violence in the Urban Community. Reports on seventy-seven interviews with Grand Rapids clergymen including five Negro Protestant ministers, on reactions to Grand Rapids Riot of July 24, 1967.
Study of Patterns of Discrimination in Employment for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Pg. 58-62. Michigan. Summarizes study of patterns of employment in the construction industry in Detroit, Lansing, and Grand Rapids, and practices of employers, unions, and apprentice training schools.
