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The Negro and Tuberculosis, pg. 227-235 of National Conference of Social Work. Proceedings, 1933.
Compares Negro and white tuberculosis incidence and death rates in Detroit.
Hooded Americanism: the First Century of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1965
pg. 194-197. White Robes on Woodward Avenue. Describes Klan influences in mid-1920s, particularly in containing Negro housing by stimulating organization of neighborhood improvement associations.
America's Tenth Man; a Pictorial Review of One-Tenth of a Nation, Presenting the Negro Contribution to American Life Today
Contains very slight references to or pictures of Michigan personalities.
Some Aspects of the Relationship of Racial Discrimination to Symptoms as Shown by Negro Veterans Seen in a Veterans Administration Mental Hygiene Clinic
Presents ten case studies from Detroit Regional Office of Veterans Administration.
Negroes in Public Affairs and Government
Includes biographies of Charles C. Diggs, Jr., John Conyers, Ralph Bunche, Wade McCree, Charles Mahoney, Edward C. Sylvester, Jr. and others.
From Poverty to Productivity Report on Chrysler Corporation's Minority Group Practices
Describes Chrysler efforts since World War II.
A Letter to Her Soldier Husband
Letter by a soldier's wife at Sojourner Truth Project describes her inability to secure employment at Ford Motor Co. Footnotes reads "Donated by Production Foundry-Ford Local 600, UAW-CIO."
The Truth About Sojourner Truth Homes For Negro Defense Workers
Broadside summarizes background of dispute, and lists groups supporting black occupancy of project.
Citizens for Change Meeting, Agenda. November 10, 1969
Agenda lists examples and types of discrimination alleged to exist in Hamtramck.