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The Negro Voter in Northern Industrial Cities
Compares Negro political participation and political preferences in 8 large cities, including Detroit, in 1948, 1952, and 1956.
Negro Congressman
Author is only Michigan Congressman described
A Negro Congressman Speaks
Text of speech before the House of Representatives. March 31, 1955
Black Caucuses in the Unions
Contrasts TULC and League of Revolutionary Black Workers. Discusses latter's history and program.
Committee Roundup: Detroit Riot
Summarizes testimony of Romney before the Senate Committee investigating the Riots.
Brown Mayors: Unofficial Negro 'Mayors' Elected in Regular Polls and Often Function as Chief Consultants on Racial Affairs for White City Officials.
Included in listing is Detroit's Chester a Rentie, Mayor of Paradise Valley since 1939, whose "biggest drive has been against crime in the Negro area."
Report from Port Huron; from Grand Rapids
Tells of essay contest in Port Huron and protest of candidacy of Harry C. White for City Commission of Grand Rapids.
A New Face in Politics
Discusses upset victory of John Conyers, Jr. in Detroit's First Congressional District.
Portrait of a Man
State Representative Matthew McNeely