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National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race
The geographical index lists six Michiganders: J.W. Ames, George Bundy, Gabriel Davis, A.H. Johnson, W.P. Kemp, and Edward Watson.
Religion and Social Justice
Racial Problems. Summarizes Mayor's Interracial Committee study on the Negro in Detroit
Labor and Automobiles
The Negro Worker. Traces Negro's employment experience in the auto plants.
The Black Expatriates, a Study of Negroes in Exile
Includes interviews with two ex-Detroiters, Edward Barnett, presently resident of Paris, and Diane Gray of Stockholm
The Growth and Development of the Negro in Dentistry in the United States.
Gives scattered and unindexed information, i.e. names of state Negro women dentists, size of state Negro dental societies, distribution of Negro dentists by state, 1940 and 1945
The Civil Rights Commission: 1957-1965
Summary of 1960 hearings in Detroit (p.125-127) contains some reference to police-community relations.
A History of Negroes in Battle Creek.
Describes Underground Railroad operations through Battle Creek, gives brief histories of several black families, and of Sojourner Truth, lists blacks and their occupations as given in 1869-70 Calhoun County Business Directory, and gives current…
The Negro Artisan, Report of a Social Study Made under the Direction of Atlanta University; Together with the Proceedings of the Seventh Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, Held at Atlanta University on May 27th, 1902.
Uses one paragraph to summarize types and numbers of black artisans in Michigan.
Efforts for Social Betterment among Negro Americans
Lists and describes the Benevolent Society, Willing Workers Society, and Phyllis Wheatley Home of Detroit; Ann Arbor's Women's Club; and two Negro working-girls' homes, one in Detroit, the other in Grand Rapids.