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Describes migration to Lansing during World War II. Finds migrated Lansing Negro women, on growing affluent, drop their Southern cooking and medical habits.

Papers concern economic and social causes of crime, constitutional problems, community resources and correctional facilities; citizen involvement; crime statistics and reporting; and police personnel

Using data of 1925, gives factual information on Negro in Detroit in following areas: population; industry; thrift and business; housing; health; recreation; education; crime; religion; community organization; and welfare.

Racial Problems. Summarizes Mayor's Interracial Committee study on the Negro in Detroit

Chapter titles include "Political Activities," "Racial Discrimination," and "Employment and Social Class."

Recommends educational changes to offset effects of father-absence and public welfare support.

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.

Wayne County Juvenile Court judge, after studying data on seven hundred children admitted to the Wayne County Youth Home in July, 1967, discusses social causes of riots.

Finds response of 704 students at five universities, including Wayne and Michigan, to anger-provoking situations to be more affected by cultural than by racial membership.

Analyzes needs of children in three lower east-side Detroit schools and tells how social studies texts could be changed to serve those needs.