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The Long Road, a History of the Coloured Canadian in Windsor, 1867-1967
Records achievements of Afro-Americans in Windsor, many of whom or whose ancestors have Detroit connections.
The Mackinac Register
"Register [of the parish at Michilimackinac] is the first written record of slaves in Michigan: it shows sixteen slave baptismal entries [and] the marriage sacrament to two slaves."
The Man Who Has an Answer Claude Williams
Describes hate groups in Detroit making for conflict.
The Mayor and Federal Aid.
Development and present organization of the agency. Evolution of a Human Resources Agency in Detroit (Case Study II)
The Michigan Civil Rights Act of 1885.
Presents history of the Act's enactment including Negro efforts to secure passage.
The Most Unusual Candidate in Town: A Black New-Left Republican
Eugene Beauregard, 13th district candidate for Congress.
The National Conference and Reports of the State Advisory Committees, 1959
Summarizes reports from sub-committees on education, employment practices, migratory labor, housing and voting
The National Guard in the 1967 Detroit Uprising
Studies attitudes of one unit of the Michigan National Guard toward their training, role as police force, civil rights and Negroes.
The Negro and Apprenticeship.
Chapter 9: Detroit, pg. 137-149. Describes status of minority apprentice training in both industrial and building trades as of 1966.