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Explains consequences of segregated housing patterns in Grand Rapids; considers two current proposals, public houseing and open occupancy legislation

Compares failure, or non-promotion percentages for all schools with those for schools with 73% or more of non-white students -- ration is 6.4 to 11.87.

Covers period 1951-1959.

Surveys school population in preceding decade and makes projections for five-year period. Finds physical facilities in Campeau area increasingly inadequate. Criticizes policy of assigning Negro teachers.

Areas discussed include housing, education, employment, attitude of churches.

[Paper given before the Class in Religion and Life of All Soul's Church] Summarizes accomplishments despite many obstacles in employment, education, housing.

An Episcopal Bishop describes his childhood in Grand Rapids. A one-page biography of Burgess precedes his essay.

"Based on data in the 1960 Censuses of Housing and Population."

Lists and describes the Benevolent Society, Willing Workers Society, and Phyllis Wheatley Home of Detroit; Ann Arbor's Women's Club; and two Negro working-girls' homes, one in Detroit, the other in Grand Rapids.

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;…