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An Oration Delivered at a Celebration in Detroit, of the Abolition of Slavery in the West Indies, Held by Colored Americans, August 1st, 1839
Oration makes no reference to Detroit.
Big City Politics
Describes Detroit city government and influence of various interest groups. Book chapter in Detroit: Balancing Act
The Problem of Racial Segregation in a Group-Work Agency; A Study of Negro-White Relationships in a Group-Work Agency, Showing Attitudes and Reactions of Six White and Six Negro Boys and Girls (7-12 Years of Age) as to Whether They Get Along Better in a Mixed or Segregated Group.
Agency is Lutheran Settlement House in Detroit.
Michigan in Four Centuries
Contains only brief references to Negroes except for 1943 Riot which is described in some detail.
Negro-White Adjustment
p. 120-124. The Sweet Segregation and Murder Case. p. 132-136. Discrimination at Student-Faculty Conference, Detroit, Michigan [December 27-31, 1930]
Negro Labor in the Automobile Industry
Explores black worker's relation to management, to white labor, and to the union.
Aunt Sally; or, The Cross, The Way of Freedom, a Narrative of the Slave-Life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams, of Detroit, Michigan
Last chapter tells of Aunt Sally reaching Detroit.
A Report Relative to Recreation Services Available to Citizens in Muskegon with Comment and Recommendations
Not examined.
Attention Citizens, the President of the United States Has Called upon the Military Forces of the United States to Aid in Suppression of Civil Insurrection and All Good Citizens to Aid in Preserving the Public Peace
Broadside distributed during 1943 Riot.
Thirty-Seventh Annual National Negro History Week, February 11th-18th, 1962
Negro History Week has been celebrated since 1926 by the Association, since 1946 by the Committee.