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The Battle That's Brewing: the Blacks vs. the Mafia.
Uses examples from the Detroit area to show the Mafia's influence in perpetuating the ghetto.
The Beacon Tree
Relate's author's childhood memory of the Underground Railroad Spring Hill stop in Shelby Township, Macomb County
The Big Blue Line: Police Power vs. Human Rights
The Cynthia Scott Case. Recounts the death of Cynthia Scott, and exoneration of the policeman who shot her.
The Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
pg. 83-86: Bishop George Wilbur Baber
The Black Athlete, A Shameful Story
Uses occasional Michigan examples, i.e. Will Robinson, Pershing High School coach (p.13-14); George Gaddy, Moore School, Detroit and Reggie Harding of the Pistons (p. 92-94) in describing discrimination in sports.
The Black Athlete, Emergence and Arrival.
Includes brief biographies of Cazzie Russell, Eddie Tolan, Joe Louis, Gene Lipscomb, Henry Carr, Hayes Jones, and Sugar Ray Robinson
The Black Community and the Construction Industry: Fact Sheet
Assess public housing programs and their impact on Detroit's black population
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 Black Legion - Union Busters
Describes history in Michigan, 1933-1936; records killings, lists announced enemies to be "Catholics, Jews, and Negroes."
The Black Legion Rides
Narrates various crimes committed in Michigan including murder in preceding year of Silas Coleman and James Armour