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The Negro in Grand Rapids, 1840-1956
Lists many individuals, as ministers, homeowners, firsts in various employment cateogries; describes several interracial episodes, evidently using newspapers as sources.
The Long Road, a History of the Coloured Canadian in Windsor, 1867-1967
Records achievements of Afro-Americans in Windsor, many of whom or whose ancestors have Detroit connections.
The Goodridge Brothers: Saginaw Valley Photographic Historians
Tells of three brothers who lived in East Saginaw after the Civil War; reproduces examples of their work
The Chronological History of the Negro in America
Includes many events of significance for Detroit and Michigan.
The Chronicle Salutes Detroit in Its 250th Anniversary Birthday
Partial Contents: WIlliam Ferguson Blazed path to Legislature after Proving Phenomenal Vote-Getting Power (pg. 2+); History of Negroes in City Post Office Dates from 1871 (pg. 5+); D. Augustus Straker, first Negro elected Court Commissioner (pg. 6);…
The Challenge of Detroit
Reprinted as pg. 64- 67 of Meltzer, Milton, ed. In Their Own Words, a History of the American Negro, 191601966. New York, Crowell, 1967.
The Black Legion - Union Busters
Describes history in Michigan, 1933-1936; records killings, lists announced enemies to be "Catholics, Jews, and Negroes."
Taps or Reveille?
"Written to bring the reader some interesting background information, historical and current." Some essays deal with local subjects, as schools and city politics.
Survey of the Negro Convention Movement, 1830-1861
p. 81-82 [Convention of Colored Citizens of Michigan, 1843]