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Truce in Detroit
Assesses social climate of Detroit in weeks following the Riot.
Fault, Dear Brutus
Describes lack of positive action toward solving problems which precipitated 1943 Riot.
Brown Mayors: Unofficial Negro 'Mayors' Elected in Regular Polls and Often Function as Chief Consultants on Racial Affairs for White City Officials.
Included in listing is Detroit's Chester a Rentie, Mayor of Paradise Valley since 1939, whose "biggest drive has been against crime in the Negro area."
Brown Guinea Pigs, Handful of Brave Pioneers Risk Life, Limb and Livelihood in Fight for Democracy.
Pictures and/or text narrate stories of Rosa Parks, Autherine Lucy, Dr. Ossian Sweet and family, Orsel McGhee.
The Black Muslims
Contents: Is It Really Hate Groups? p. 1; 100,000 Negroes Follow Muslims p. 1; We Don't Hate Whites p. 1-2; The Anti-Muslim Movement p. 1; -Muslim Movement Started in Detroit, p. 1-2; Will Muslims Lead 20 Million Negroes? p. 1-2; Will Muslims Join…
Detroit: Slow Healing of a Fractured City
Describes recent economic, and social developments in Detroit, emphasizing race relations and influence of Cavanagh.
Black Muslims and the Police
Makes brief references to Detroit origin of the Muslims.
The Initial Admission of Negro Students to the University of Michigan
Pieces together the story of two black students of 1868.
The Mackinac Register
"Register [of the parish at Michilimackinac] is the first written record of slaves in Michigan: it shows sixteen slave baptismal entries [and] the marriage sacrament to two slaves."