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Brown Mayors: Unofficial Negro 'Mayors' Elected in Regular Polls and Often Function as Chief Consultants on Racial Affairs for White City Officials.
Included in listing is Detroit's Chester a Rentie, Mayor of Paradise Valley since 1939, whose "biggest drive has been against crime in the Negro area."
Business Challenged by Young Black: "Open the Company Door; We'll Enter."
Describes work-study program conceived by Wayne student Benson Manlove for potential college business administration students.
Catholics of the Archdiocese of Detroit Observe Negro History Week
Describes the four-year old Catholic Committee for Negro History Week.
A Century of Negro Life and Culture in Detroit
Exhibit at the Historical Museum was gathered together with the help of the Heirloom Society, Booker T. Washington Trade Association and other groups and individuals.
Chain Druggists, Negro Businessmen Gross $3 Million in 17 Stores
Detroit's Barthwell Chain.
The Challenge of Detroit
Reprinted as pg. 64- 67 of Meltzer, Milton, ed. In Their Own Words, a History of the American Negro, 191601966. New York, Crowell, 1967.
Charges of Racism in the City Bus System
Charges are made by black members of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 26.