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Partial Contents: WIlliam Ferguson Blazed path to Legislature after Proving Phenomenal Vote-Getting Power (pg. 2+); History of Negroes in City Post Office Dates from 1871 (pg. 5+); D. Augustus Straker, first Negro elected Court Commissioner (pg. 6);…

Details events of Detroit's Riot.

Gives objectives of Bulletin's publisher, Detroit Civic Rights Committee; text of a plea for greater Negro employment in Friend of the Court agency; brief news notes; and articles describing various Negro clubs and organizations.

Prints text of letter to Detroit Edison Company asking jobs for Negroes.

Pictures A. Gordon Wright and his Grosse Pointe home as illustrative of trend toward open housing.

Club of high school girls founded in Detroit in 1942, with Mrs. Edward Davis as their chosen sponsor, adds new chapters.

Describes resignation of pastor and religious education director of Bethel Evangelical Church, Detroit, after denial of membership to two Negroes.

Emancipation Proclamation and its reception in Detroit.

Summarizes testimony of Romney before the Senate Committee investigating the Riots.