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Be It Ever So Tumbled - The Story of a Suburban Slum
Includes statistics and excerpts from interviews of residents in a Negro area near Eight Mile Road.
Before the Ghetto: a Study of Detroit's Negroes in the 1890's
Using "census documents, city directories, newspapers, general histories of Detroit and Michigan and of the Negro" describes Negro community in Detroit up to about 1910.
Before the Ghetto: Black Detroit in the Nineteenth Century.
The author's book of the same title, with almost identical text, the same comprehensive bibliography, and the addition of a thorough index, was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1973, after the closing date for inclusion In this…
Behind the Housing Headlines
Explains consequences of segregated housing patterns in Grand Rapids; considers two current proposals, public houseing and open occupancy legislation
Big City Mayors: the Crisis of Urban Politics
On Racial Rioting in Detroit. Gives text of interview with Mayor Cavanagh on "Meet the Press" on July 30, 1967
Big City Politics
Describes Detroit city government and influence of various interest groups. Book chapter in Detroit: Balancing Act
Biographical Directory of Negro Ministers.
Alphabetized list, including some living Michigan ministers, lacks geographical index.
Black 'Capitalism,' Some Hardhitting Answers from 3 Detroit Leaders on the Goals and Tactics of Their Economic Drive.
Reporters question Charles Morton, Hank Rogers and Walter McMurtry on economic goals of the black community.
Black Capitalism, Strategy for Business in the Ghetto
Uses many Detroit examples.
Black Catholics in Action
The two organizers, Ernest and Ruby King, believe their program will help the church increase its effectiveness in the black community.