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Detroit Drive Achieves Three "Firsts"
Relates success of Detroit Branch, NAACP, in its campaign against police brutality.
Detroit Housing Law Attacked
Background of suit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court by NAACP and twenty-three prominent white citizens against "Property Owners' Rights Ordinance."
Detroit Totals $3,603.25
Local NAACP membership campaign makes Detroit largest branch in country
Fight for Freedom Week, April 11-15, 1955. Detroit, 1955.
Program for the Week.
Fight for Freedom: the Story of the NAACP.
Tells of Sweet case and the 1943 Riots; refers to Detroit as "the top fund raising branch of the NAACP."
Finest Negro Hotel; Detroit's Carlton Plaza Sets New Standards for Hostelries.
Manger Ed Swan was former NAACP leader
Forward with Action, Annual Report for 1943 [Detroit, 1943]
Housing problems and 1943 Riot make this report of special interest.
Iosco Supervisors Ask Removal of Negro Soldiers from Oscoda Base
Reprints from Bay City Times, and text of resolution adopted by supervisors; urges immediate state and federal action condemning the supervisors.
Letter to Detroit Commission on Community Relations Concerning Commission's Acquiescence in Segregated Public Housing Projects
Letter is signed by President Edward M. Turner.