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Racial Census Findings Reported to Board
Census shows high and increasing segregation in state's schools.
Auto Worker' Union against Jim Crow.
Homer Martin's letter stating his union "will not tolerate segregation and will fight for the rights of Negro workers in every way," is quoted.
Lansing Busing Meets Roadblock.
Tells why Lansing Board of Education decided to undertake busing to achieve racial balance in high schools.
Jim Crow Walls Crumbling in City.
Michigan Edition, December 11, 1949
Civil Rights U.S.A.: Public Schools, Cities in the North and West,
Describes peaceful conclusion of 1961 school segregation suit. Part 1. Highland Park, Michigan. p. 3-26
Negroes in Cities, Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Change
"Attempt[s] to asses those patterns and processes which are common to all communities and those which vary."
An Analysis of Invasion - Succession and Areal Differentiation as Ecological Processes Operative in the Development of Variations within a Negro Community
Studies internal variations in two areas in the black succession to white migration from the central city.
The Economics of Housing Segregation
Compares Detroit and Chicago housing patterns and resident characteristics
Negroes in Kalamazoo, a Local Self-Survey
Survey directed by Fisk University shows restricted employment opportunities, particularly in paper and chemical manufactures and growing segregation in housing, education, use of public agencies.
Letter to Detroit Commission on Community Relations Concerning Commission's Acquiescence in Segregated Public Housing Projects
Letter is signed by President Edward M. Turner.