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The Detroit Criminal Court of Record during the July 1967 Riot - as Evaluated by Volunteer Attorneys
Relates evaluations of court's performance to race of person evaluating.
Study of the Family Composition of Relief Cases with Particular Emphasis on the Family with No Male Head
Analyzes case loads in the Lemay District of Detroit's Public Welfare Department as to family and marital status.
A Negro Emigration Convention, 1854. p. 363-366 of A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
Gives text of the platform of a convention meeting in Cleveland, August 24-26, 1854, favoring voluntary emigration and colonization. President of the 102-member convention was William C. Monroe of Michigan.
Detroit Communities in Council Action
Summarizes Fund for Adult Education-financed study of the "history, accomplishments, problems and potentiality of nineteen community and neighborhood councils within the city of Detroit."
Racial Discrimination in Detroit: a Spatial Analysis of Racism
Traces history of blacks in Detroit, and present status as revealed by 1960 census data. Begins with year 1701.
Eisenhower, Brownell, and the Congress: the Tangled Origins of the Civil Rights Bill of 1956-1957
Makes occasional references to work of Charles D. Diggs, Jr. in securing passage of Act. Case Study 80 in the Inter-University Case Program Series..
Comparative Accuracy with which Negro and White Children Can Predict Teachers' Attitudes toward Negro Students
Studies Flint School teachers and students as to how Negro students are perceived by their peers, by their teachers, and by themselves.
Behind the Housing Headlines
Explains consequences of segregated housing patterns in Grand Rapids; considers two current proposals, public houseing and open occupancy legislation