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The City of Detroit and the Emancipation Proclamation [Prepared for Wayne State University Emancipation Centennial Announcement Luncheon, September 21, 1962]
(Appears also under title, Michigan and the Emancipation Proclamations in Michigan in Books 5:127-136. Winter 1963) (Reprinted as p. 72-94 of Rose, Arnold M. ed. Assuring Freedom to the Free, a Century of Emancipation in the U.S.A. Detroit, Wayne…
The Civil and Political Status of the Negro in Michigan and the Northwest before 1870.
Account begins with year 1773.
The Civil Rights Commission: 1957-1965
Summary of 1960 hearings in Detroit (p.125-127) contains some reference to police-community relations.
The Color Line in Church
Describes resignation of pastor and religious education director of Bethel Evangelical Church, Detroit, after denial of membership to two Negroes.
The Color Line in the North
In this survey of small and large Northern cities, Lansing is the only Michigan city commented on.
The Colored People of Detroit-the President's Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation and its reception in Detroit.
The Colored People of Detroit: Their Trials, Persecutions and Escapes. Containing Sketches of the Riots of 1833, 1839, 1850, and 1863
Reprints articles which appeared originally in the Detroit Daily Post, January 1 and February 7, 1870
