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The Racial Policies of the Detroit Housing Commission and Their Administration
Examines "how and why [the Commission's] present racial policies developed," and the Commission role in the Sojourner Truth Riot.
The Sojourner Truth Defense Homes, Some Pertinent Facts
Reproduces representative resolutions by civic leaders and organizations, newspaper clippings, etc. Includes a "dossier of documents on the Sojourner Truth project which show that Negro occupancy of the project should begin immediately."
The Truth About Sojourner Truth Homes For Negro Defense Workers
Broadside summarizes background of dispute, and lists groups supporting black occupancy of project.
To Stem This Tide, a Survey of Racial Tension Areas in the United States
Presents "factual data covering a wide range of tension areas," among them employment of Negro women (pg. 11) and upgrading of black workers in war plants (pg. 13-14), Sojourner Truth Housing Project (pg. 50-59), and Detroit police brutality (pg.…