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Describes historical development and growing use of restrictive covenants, citing public and private agencies and their policies, and court cases.

Surveys school population in preceding decade and makes projections for five-year period. Finds physical facilities in Campeau area increasingly inadequate. Criticizes policy of assigning Negro teachers.

Covers period 1951-1959.

Compares failure, or non-promotion percentages for all schools with those for schools with 73% or more of non-white students -- ration is 6.4 to 11.87.

Describes relations between blacks and whites as observed by Southern reporter, one of whose Detroit guides was Ray Hatcher.

Condenses author's book, Detroit is My Home Town, Emphasizing his contacts with Negroes in Detroit.

(Excerpts are included also as p. 237-238 of Aptheker, Herbert, ed. A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. New York, Citadel, 1951; and as p. 51-71 of Osofsky, Gilbert, ed. Puttin' on Ole Massa. New York, Harper, 1969) Bibb…

Describes origins and social results of growth of Muslim movement in Detroit.

Defends General Motors Strike and states number of Negro auto workers striking is 13,000.