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Negro Participation in August 7, 1945 Primary in Detroit
Discusses "functions, efforts, and effect of Negro organizations, individual leaders and the Negro press in the selective process of determining candidates for support."
The Poor Black People
This tribute to Martin Luther King makes many references to Detroit Riot of 1967.
Negro Segregation in the Methodist Church
Presents data from interviews and questionnaires conducted in the 1940's, of District Superintendent and black and white ministers. Many descriptions of actual church practices are geographically identified.
Black Capitalism, Strategy for Business in the Ghetto
Uses many Detroit examples.
Discrimination in Housing in These Ten Cities
Characterizes race climate and attitudes toward housing in Detroit, one of the "ten cities."
A Study of the Composition of the First Graduating Class of Miller High School and their Educational and Vocational Progress during the First Year after Graduation
Describes pupils' background, family and home life, occupational hopes and actual realizations.
The Big Blue Line: Police Power vs. Human Rights
The Cynthia Scott Case. Recounts the death of Cynthia Scott, and exoneration of the policeman who shot her.
Skin Color, Race, and Self-Image: an Exploratory Study of a Group of High School Youths
Self concepts of black youths in a 1966 federally funded project seem related to skin color but educational expectations do not.