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A Negro Emigration Convention, 1854. p. 363-366 of A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
Gives text of the platform of a convention meeting in Cleveland, August 24-26, 1854, favoring voluntary emigration and colonization. President of the 102-member convention was William C. Monroe of Michigan.
Michigan in Four Centuries
Contains only brief references to Negroes except for 1943 Riot which is described in some detail.
Short Negro History of Flint
Mentions many individuals, as oldest Flint families, ministers, first members of organized labor, barbers, club women, and their groupings.
Survey of the Negro Convention Movement, 1830-1861
p. 81-82 [Convention of Colored Citizens of Michigan, 1843]
The Chronological History of the Negro in America
Includes many events of significance for Detroit and Michigan.
Any Place But Here
This updated version of a 1945 book entitled They Seek a City includes a one-chapter capsule history of Negroes in Detroit.
Oratory of Negro Leaders, 1900-1968
Has several paragraphs each on Prophet James Francis Jones, and Lillian Wheeler Smith.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Held in Detroit, Michigan, October 24-26, 1952.
Lists names of Detroiters participating in the program or making arrangements for the Conference.
A Negro Eye-Witness Describes Anti-Negro Violence in Detroit, p. 176-177 of Cain, Alfred E., ed. The Winding Road to Freedom; a Documentary Survey of Negro Experiences in America
(Appears also, as p. 501-502 of Aptheker, Herbert. A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. New York, Citadel, 1951) Gives text of "Thrilling Narrative from the Lips of the Sufferers of the Late Detroit Riot, March 6, 1863."