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Class Bias in Education.
Summarizes Pat Sexton's Education and Income, a Study of the Detroit school system.
Series on Jackson Negroes
Contents: Jackson Negroes Favor Dignified Equality Drive; Too Many Job Areas Closed, Negroes Say; Moving 'Out" Major Problem to Negroes; Fortunate Negro One Who Adapts Quickly; Chance For Understanding, Good Life by Peaceful Means, Is Negro Wish.
Series on [the] Negro in Detroit
Contents: This is City of Promise to Negro, pg. 1+; Big Problem to Negroes Sill Housing, pg. 1+; Races Show How to Live in Harmony, pg. 1+; Economic Progress, pg. 3+; Negro Faces Rough Fight in Business, pg. 3+; Three Groups Aid Negroes, pg. 3+;…
Truce in Detroit
Assesses social climate of Detroit in weeks following the Riot.
Socialization Experiences and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Urban Negroes as Related to Use of Selected Southern Foods and Medical Remedies
Describes migration to Lansing during World War II. Finds migrated Lansing Negro women, on growing affluent, drop their Southern cooking and medical habits.
Religion and Social Justice
Racial Problems. Summarizes Mayor's Interracial Committee study on the Negro in Detroit
Negroes in Detroit, 1890-1900.
Chapter titles include "Political Activities," "Racial Discrimination," and "Employment and Social Class."
The Relationship between Two Aspects of Socio-Economic Disadvantage and the School Success of 8th Grade Negro Students in a Detroit Junior High School.
Recommends educational changes to offset effects of father-absence and public welfare support.
Socio-Economic Class Differences in the Preschool Socialization Practices of Negro Mothers.
Concludes from study of Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor mothers, that socialization practices rather than value differences are the significant factors underlying inability of lower class children to conform to middle class standards of behavior.