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Negro Women War Workers
Gives number employed at various times and types of jobs performed. (Bulletin No. 205)
Help Kill Jim Crow. Shall Willow Lodge Become a National Monument to American Fascism?
Protests the barring of 3000-unit housing project to Negro war workers.
Government Agencies in Detroit in the Work of Overcoming Discrimination against the Negro in Private Employment.
Describes employment situation in Detroit area, and the creation and work of the Detroit Office of the Committee on Fair Employment Practices and of the Minority Group Service Division of the War Manpower Commission.
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.…
Smash Michigan's Fifth Column, State-Wide Conference, Detroit, August 15, to Strengthen Michigan's Unity for Victory Findings and Resolutions
Summarizes action of "three hundred delegates from one hundred and forty-six different organizations," conferring on KKK, Sojourner Truth, President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices, discrimination in war plants, etc.
Housing for Negroes is a War Measure: a Few Facts on the Present Situation
Uses statistics to show housing need, and vacant acreage, population, and employment in each suburb.
The Truth About Sojourner Truth Homes For Negro Defense Workers
Broadside summarizes background of dispute, and lists groups supporting black occupancy of project.
A Letter to Her Soldier Husband
Letter by a soldier's wife at Sojourner Truth Project describes her inability to secure employment at Ford Motor Co. Footnotes reads "Donated by Production Foundry-Ford Local 600, UAW-CIO."
From Poverty to Productivity Report on Chrysler Corporation's Minority Group Practices
Describes Chrysler efforts since World War II.