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Comments on Report "Racial Factors in Admission to Detroit Public Housing, Prepared by the Detroit Commission on Community Relations"
Criticizes report as being unfair and slanted
Appearance of the City of Detroit before the President's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, August 15, 1967
Contains Mayor's account of Riots; chronology of events from 3:30 a.m., July 23, 1967 to 8:55 a.m., August 15; statistical data on arrestees; summary of federal programs; demographic statistics; description of New Detroit Committee; and…
Letter, 1968, May 14, Detroit, Mich., to Common Council
Outlines "the reaction in Detroit following the murder of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis on April 4." Includes chronology of events April 4-15, 1968
Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh Reports to the People, Detroit, 1967
Reports on the state of the city during the aftermath of the Riot, and the impending teacher and automobile industry strikes
Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh Reports to the People. Detroit, 1968.
Urges Detroit area citizens to achieve "a return of sanity to this city and its surrounding community."
Testimony at the Hearing before the Business and Commerce Sub-Committee. Washington, D.C.
Describes "problems of rebuilding a city after a riot when assistance from federal and state governments is minimal."
Letter to Federal Works Agency Administrator re Sojourner Truth Defense Housing Project
Protests instructions to Detroit Housing Commission to accept applications from whites
City of Detroit Workable Program, 1970-1971; a Review of Progress
"Describes past efforts to combat urban problems and those planned for the next two years" by both public and private agencies
Detroit: the New City; Summary Report, Detroit Community Renewal Program
Minority Housing, 1950-1963, pg. 71-74
Developing Human Resources in the City of Detroit
Summarizes Detroit's anti-poverty program and antecedents, beginning in 1962