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A History of the Rouge-Ecorse United Centers
Gives history of the Rouge-Ecorse United Centers and their predecessor agencies
Reaction to the Slaying of Martin Luther King
That Detroit had no riots following King's assassination is evidence that much was learned from the 1967 Riot.
Report from Detroit
Riot and its aftermath.
A Report of Immediate Needs of Public Schools in Areas Affected by Civil Disturbances of July 1967 [by] Norman Drachler, Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools
Needs include more teachers, buildings, textbooks, opening of swimming pools, instituting tutoring programs and after school programs
The Negro in the Course of Study of the High School.
Color distribution of students and teachers, status of Negro history, and number of relevant books in library is reported for Northwestern and Miller.
Huge Rally Protests Discrimination: Bi-racial Outpouring in Detroit Cheers Pleas for Job and Decent Treatment; "Cadillac Charter" of Rights Adopted
Gives text of "charter."
A Guide to Negro History in America
Michigan. This state-by state directory of cities to which Negroes made large contributions lists, with reasons, Addison, Battle Creek, Cassopolis, Darborn, Detroit, Marshall, Muskegon, and Vandalia.
Efforts for Social Betterment among Negro Americans
Lists and describes the Benevolent Society, Willing Workers Society, and Phyllis Wheatley Home of Detroit; Ann Arbor's Women's Club; and two Negro working-girls' homes, one in Detroit, the other in Grand Rapids.
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.
A History of Negroes in Battle Creek.
Describes Underground Railroad operations through Battle Creek, gives brief histories of several black families, and of Sojourner Truth, lists blacks and their occupations as given in 1869-70 Calhoun County Business Directory, and gives current…