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Describes housing discrimination in Detroit and environs from World War I forward

Assess public housing programs and their impact on Detroit's black population

Statistics and narrative cover ten cities including Detroit

Presents an economic profile based on 1950 and 1960 census data which shows the large non-white population is plagued with high unemployment and lacks adequate housing, transportation, and other community benefits.

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

Surveys employment, housing, education, city government, and community relations; proposes actions for improvement.

Examines attitudes of residents toward neighbors and toward surroundings in a Detroit area chosen for later urban renewal.

Describes dislocations resulting from construction of highway in predominantly black area of city. Not examined.

Documents activities concerned with relocation of some three hundred Negro families displaced by construction of Interstate 496 through Lansing.

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