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Biographical Directory of Negro Ministers.
Alphabetized list, including some living Michigan ministers, lacks geographical index.
Big City Politics
Describes Detroit city government and influence of various interest groups. Book chapter in Detroit: Balancing Act
Big City Mayors: the Crisis of Urban Politics
On Racial Rioting in Detroit. Gives text of interview with Mayor Cavanagh on "Meet the Press" on July 30, 1967
Behind the Housing Headlines
Explains consequences of segregated housing patterns in Grand Rapids; considers two current proposals, public houseing and open occupancy legislation
Before the Ghetto: Black Detroit in the Nineteenth Century.
The author's book of the same title, with almost identical text, the same comprehensive bibliography, and the addition of a thorough index, was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1973, after the closing date for inclusion In this…
Before the Ghetto: a Study of Detroit's Negroes in the 1890's
Using "census documents, city directories, newspapers, general histories of Detroit and Michigan and of the Negro" describes Negro community in Detroit up to about 1910.
Be It Ever So Tumbled - The Story of a Suburban Slum
Includes statistics and excerpts from interviews of residents in a Negro area near Eight Mile Road.
Balance of Power: the Negro Vote
pg. 147-156. The Detroit Formula. Describes Detroit election of 1945.
Background of Race Riots [Series]
Contents: Planning Indicated in City Race Riots, p.1+; Local, International Plot Clues Plentiful, p. 1+; Oriental Influence in Riot Background, p. 13; Race Riots Brewing Years before Break, p.3; Anti-Semitism Cited as a Prelude to Riot, p. 7; Norris…