Annual Report, 1911-date.

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Title

Annual Report, 1911-date.

Subject

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Detroit (Michigan)
Civil rights
Race relations

Description

Contains much detail on the Detroit branch: internal activities (1914, p.8 and 1957, p.29); national conferences held in Detroit (1921, p. 69 and 1936, p. 27); receipt of Thalheimer award (1948, p. 17); and lauding of Dr. Alf Thomas, promoter of $100 dinners (1957, p.18)
Reports on employment and labor relation: appointment of two Negroes to Detroit police force (1914, p.18); stand on Ford strike (1941, p. 30-31); survey and efforts to increase employment, Port Huron (1952, p. 70); and to eliminate job discrimination in the GM plants in Grand Rapids (1953, p.57)
Describes countering of discrimination in restaurants, Pretzel bell, Ann Arbor (1940, p.27) and those near plants in Muskegon (1954, p. 52); in theatres, Detroit (1914, p.7), Grand Rapids, Dr. E.N. Bolden case (1928, p.15) and attempts to ban "Birth of a Nation" (1931, p.19); in housing, the Sweet Case (1925, p.12-14; 1926, p.7-8), Sojourner Truth (1942, p.22-24), Willow Run Project barring of Howard Floewrs (1947, p. 67); restrictive covenant stalemate (1951, p.45), efforts to secure open housing in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Benton Harbor (1954, p.35), denial of dormitory space to Marjorie Franklin (1925, p. 25) and to Jean Blackwell (1934, p.31-3); in sports, benching of Willis Ward when Michigan played Georgia Tech in 1934; and in public accomodations, exclusion of three Highland Park seniors from outing to Washington DC (1925, p26-27), and Bob-Lo Excursion Company (1947, p. 28-29, 1948, p. 37).
Documents legal defense of individuals (Lee Sullivan, colored construction employee in 1925), extradition cases (Thomas Ray, 1921, p.32-34; Mr. and Mrs. John Rowland of Battle Creek, 1923, p.13; Dove Ballard of Albion, 1931, p.10-11; and Charles Thomas, Lansing, 1941, p. 24) and the Detroit Race Riot of 1943 (p.24-26)
File examined lacked 1911, 1944-46 and 1962-69 Reports.


Creator

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Source

Detroit Public Library

Publisher

New York

Date

1911

Relation

Catalog entry (Detroit Public Library): https://detp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:194017/one

Type

Report

Identifier

820

Coverage

43 pages

Citation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, “Annual Report, 1911-date.,” Michigan Black History Bibliography, accessed November 22, 2024, http://mbhb.reuther.wayne.edu/items/show/911.