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Anti-Negro Riots in the North, 1863
Reprints eye-witness accounts by victims and spectators, contemporary newspaper stories, and a poem.
The Detroit Criminal Court of Record during the July 1967 Riot - as Evaluated by Volunteer Attorneys
Relates evaluations of court's performance to race of person evaluating.
Racial Violence in Jackson, 1963
Describes the near-riot between Negro high school students and Jackson police.
The Background and Causes of the 1943 Detroit Race Riot
Describes areas of tension and roles of various social agencies in preceding decades.
Black Mass Revolt, a News and Letters Committees Publication
Interprets significance of 1967 Riot from viewpoint of black workers.
The Story of Detroit
Has many references to Negroes including location of black churches, description of Underground Railroad, and of Faulkner and Blackburn riots.
City in Crisis: the People and Their Riot, a Social Psychological Study of the Detroit Uprising and Its Aftermath
"Survey study of the characteristics and attitudes of arrestees, the non-participants, black and white community and the police..." in the 1967 Riot.
Smash Michigan's Fifth Column
Describes elements fostering Packard hate strikes, Sojourner Truth Riots, and other divisive activities.
Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan
One untitled chapter (pg. 117-125) describes Detroit opposition to slavery, Blackburn episode, Underground Railroad, and Faulkner Riot.
The Poor Black People
This tribute to Martin Luther King makes many references to Detroit Riot of 1967.