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The Negro Church: A Power Institution
Sketches past record of church, nationally, and present activities of Detroit churches.
The Negro Automobile Worker.
Gives history of employment of Negro men and women in auto plants; commends union leadership and praises Briggs' program for upgrading Negroes as a model for easing current tensions.
The Negro at Work during the World War and during Reconstruction
Describes departmental set-up to handle Michigan in migrants. Chapter 12. Report of Work in Michigan, p. 77-81
The Negro Artisan, Report of a Social Study Made under the Direction of Atlanta University; Together with the Proceedings of the Seventh Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, Held at Atlanta University on May 27th, 1902.
Uses one paragraph to summarize types and numbers of black artisans in Michigan.
The Negro and Tuberculosis, pg. 227-235 of National Conference of Social Work. Proceedings, 1933.
Compares Negro and white tuberculosis incidence and death rates in Detroit.
The Negro and the Police, a Study of the Attitudes of a Sample of Lower Class Negroes toward the Police.
Surveys attitudes toward police of black residents of Elmwood Park Relocation Area No. 1 in 1962
The Negro and Organized Labor.
"Outlines historical development of the general relations between the labor movement and the Negro community [and] the main patterns of union racial policies."
The Negro and Apprenticeship.
Chapter 9: Detroit, pg. 137-149. Describes status of minority apprentice training in both industrial and building trades as of 1966.
The National Guard in the 1967 Detroit Uprising
Studies attitudes of one unit of the Michigan National Guard toward their training, role as police force, civil rights and Negroes.
The National Conference and Reports of the State Advisory Committees, 1959
Summarizes reports from sub-committees on education, employment practices, migratory labor, housing and voting