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The Grim Facts (a Survey of a Few of the Instances of Violence against the Negro People as Reported in the Press): Michigan
Summarizes several instances of violence, some growing out of the Sojourner Truth Riots.
After the Riot: Force Won't Solve Anything
Denies that Riot could have been stopped if police had employed force
Futility and a New Group of Copwatchers
Detroit Task Force for Justice (DTFJ) is established following "alleged beating of several black youths by off-duty white police at Veteran's Memorial Building November 1."
NAACP Threatens Action unless Jackson Improves
Police harassment of young Black Berets following murder of newspaper publisher Charles Cade is among NAACP charges.
Economic Crisis and Expectations of Violence: a Study of Unemployed Negroes,
Reports results of interviews in two predominantly black Detroit communities with high unemployment, one east side, one west side, as to expectations of violence if recession continues.
Field Investigation Divison Report on the March 29, 1969, Shooting at New Bethel Baptist Church and Subsequent Events
Describes event as set forth by "witnesses, news accounts, tapes of police radio calls, police department personnel" and so forth.