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Protests instructions to Detroit Housing Commission to accept applications from whites

Describes "problems of rebuilding a city after a riot when assistance from federal and state governments is minimal."

Urges Detroit area citizens to achieve "a return of sanity to this city and its surrounding community."

Reports on the state of the city during the aftermath of the Riot, and the impending teacher and automobile industry strikes

Outlines "the reaction in Detroit following the murder of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis on April 4." Includes chronology of events April 4-15, 1968

Contains Mayor's account of Riots; chronology of events from 3:30 a.m., July 23, 1967 to 8:55 a.m., August 15; statistical data on arrestees; summary of federal programs; demographic statistics; description of New Detroit Committee; and…

Criticizes report as being unfair and slanted

First report includes a "city-wide Negro Survey," for proposed Brewster-Douglas homes, covering average rents, family size, residents' occupations, and other social data. Second report gives like figures for other areas. Fifth report includes…

Contains pictures of old and new church, of church trustees, and deacons; carries advertisements

Welfare figures are given by race, sex, employability, marital status, age, and cause of dependency, as of December 1948, and by months for ten previous years