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Sees the Sojourner Truth Riots as evidence of failure of municipal authorities to halt Black Legion and KKK activities.

p. 127-143. Detroit: the Write-in Challenge. Describes Klan influx and influence in Detroit after World War I; summarizes Sweet Case, and preceding attempted move-ins by Dr. Alex Turner and James Fletcher.

Summarizes action of "three hundred delegates from one hundred and forty-six different organizations," conferring on KKK, Sojourner Truth, President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices, discrimination in war plants, etc.

pg. 194-197. White Robes on Woodward Avenue. Describes Klan influences in mid-1920s, particularly in containing Negro housing by stimulating organization of neighborhood improvement associations.