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Jim Crow Walls Crumbling in City.
Michigan Edition, December 11, 1949
Behind the Housing Headlines
Explains consequences of segregated housing patterns in Grand Rapids; considers two current proposals, public houseing and open occupancy legislation
Lansing Busing Meets Roadblock.
Tells why Lansing Board of Education decided to undertake busing to achieve racial balance in high schools.
The Problem of Racial Segregation in a Group-Work Agency; A Study of Negro-White Relationships in a Group-Work Agency, Showing Attitudes and Reactions of Six White and Six Negro Boys and Girls (7-12 Years of Age) as to Whether They Get Along Better in a Mixed or Segregated Group.
Agency is Lutheran Settlement House in Detroit.
Restrictive Covenants in Relation to Segregated Negro Housing in Detroit
Describes historical development and growing use of restrictive covenants, citing public and private agencies and their policies, and court cases.
City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922
Volume 1 of this unindexed work describes sale of slaves (p. 196); legislation on slavery (p. 227-228); colored schools (p. 743). Includes chapter on slavery and the underground railroad (p. 475-484).
Patterns of Negro Protest: a Structural-Functional Analysis
Studies responses of one hundred Lansing Negroes to racial discrimination and segregation as shown in their participation in protest groups and activities.
Racial Census Findings Reported to Board
Census shows high and increasing segregation in state's schools.
Let Freedom Ring
p. 195-233. Freedom of Residence: the People vs. Ossian H. Sweet et. al. in the Recorder's Court of Detroit--the Negro Segregation Problem. A defense attorney in the Sweet case describes it in great detail.