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The Black Community and the Construction Industry: Fact Sheet
Assess public housing programs and their impact on Detroit's black population
The Black Athlete, Emergence and Arrival.
Includes brief biographies of Cazzie Russell, Eddie Tolan, Joe Louis, Gene Lipscomb, Henry Carr, Hayes Jones, and Sugar Ray Robinson
The Black Athlete, A Shameful Story
Uses occasional Michigan examples, i.e. Will Robinson, Pershing High School coach (p.13-14); George Gaddy, Moore School, Detroit and Reggie Harding of the Pistons (p. 92-94) in describing discrimination in sports.
The Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
pg. 83-86: Bishop George Wilbur Baber
The Big Blue Line: Police Power vs. Human Rights
The Cynthia Scott Case. Recounts the death of Cynthia Scott, and exoneration of the policeman who shot her.
The Beacon Tree
Relate's author's childhood memory of the Underground Railroad Spring Hill stop in Shelby Township, Macomb County
The Battle That's Brewing: the Blacks vs. the Mafia.
Uses examples from the Detroit area to show the Mafia's influence in perpetuating the ghetto.
The Battered City Syndrome, Urban Problems Workshop, April 16, 1969
Includes text of speeches by panelists at the workshop on urban problems.
The Barometer of the City of Detroit Interracial Committee: an Attempt to Measure Racial Tensions
Studies effectiveness of the community barometer, initiated in January 1944.
The Background and Causes of the 1943 Detroit Race Riot
Describes areas of tension and roles of various social agencies in preceding decades.