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The Negro People in Michigan
Begins with creation of Northwest Territory
A Quaker Pioneer: Laura Haviland, Superintendent of the Underground
Biography of the founder of the Raisin Institute near Adrian and "Superintendent" of the Underground Railroad in Michigan, describes many slave escapes.
St. Matthew's Need-a-Challenge
Church rector sketches parish growth and stresses need for larger facilities
The Detroit Uprising: a Psychosocial Study
Summarizes interviews with 222 young activists, the majority participants in, or on streets during, the July Riots.
Attorney for the Damned
pg. 229-263. You Can't Live There! The Sweet Case, Detroit, 1926.
The Story of My Life
pg. 301-311. The Negro in the North. Describes the Sweet Case.
Slum Clearance Farce
Describes housing conditions near site of proposed Brewster-Douglas Project.
Race Riots Coming
Reports on conditions in other areas following Detroit's Race Riot; reproduces picture which "did much to further the Negro cause. A colored man is held by unconcerned Detroit cops while a white man slaps his face."