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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.

Council, formerly called Negro Leadership Conference, is chaired by Dr. W. W. Plummer. Constitution was examined at Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission.

Describes extradition cases involving Grand Rapids resident, formerly of Mississippi, and a Detroit war plant employee, formerly of Alabama, both accused, in their home states, of "assault with intent to murder."

[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.

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.

Volumes in Michigan Historical Collections cover 1899-1900, 1923.