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A guide for Churches in Redevelopment Projects.
p. 38-40. The Experience of One Church. Tells how Friendship Babptist Church bought a site and financed a building in a redeveloped area.
Teaching Standard English to Urban Primary Children, Final Report
Uses Detroit primary grade children in project to test effectiveness of tapes in developing their standard English dialect.
Improving Patterns of Language Usage
Central High School English Director reports results of a survey of 1200 Detroit high school students' familiarity with "unacceptable" speech patterns.
A Twentieth Century History of Cass County, Michigan
p. 287-296. The Calvin Negro Colony.
Six Urban School Districts; a Comparative study of Institutional Response: Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis.
(Special Studies in U.S. Economic and Social Development) Compares those characterstics of six large school systems which relate to financing, administration, innovation. For Detroit, emphasizes degree of openness, as "measured by nature of power and…
Colored Catholics in the United States, an Investigation of Catholic Activity in Behalf of the Negroes in the United States and a Survey of the Present Condition of the Colored Missions
Gives brief information on black Catholics in Detroit and Michigan; number of members, missions, schools, as of 1928 and 1940.
The Booker T. Washington Trade Association (a Socio-Economo-Historic Study)
Gives history and philosophy of the Association and the Housewives' League both founded in 1930. Includes "Declaration of Principles" for each organization and description of leading Negro businesses as of 1939
Narrative of Sojourner Truth.
Includes excerpts from contemporary Michigan newspapers describing upcoming or recent appearances of Sojourner Truth whose last days were spent in Battle Creek.
Progress of a Race; or the Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro, from the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust
p.346-347. Carrothers, James Davis. Carrothers was a Baptist minister and writer, born in Calvin, Michigan.