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Third article gives reasons "for the Negro leaving the South, chiefly Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, and coming to Detroit in preference to other cities."

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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.

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Analyzes Old Age and Survivor Insurance data of year 1947 to determine labor mobility in Ohio and Michigan by sex and race.

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This updated version of a 1945 book entitled They Seek a City includes a one-chapter capsule history of Negroes in Detroit.

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Describes migration to Lansing during World War II. Finds migrated Lansing Negro women, on growing affluent, drop their Southern cooking and medical habits.

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Presents miscellaneous data, as number of churches by denomination, building ownership status, geographical distribution and migrations status of members, church sponsored activities and narrative materials on store-front and spiritualist churches.

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Summarizes various studies and gives some data on Detroit and Michigan.

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Detroiter is Ramon A. Martinez, "moving spirit in Negro Nationalist Society which originated in Detroit."

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Finds "non-wite population highly stable, so far as migration within metropolitan subregion [is] concerned."

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"An excellent preliminary survey of the condition of Negroes in Detroit with a brief summary of causes of migration. Includes a program of action for the churches." Contains much factual information on where Negroes lived and worked, amount of rent…
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