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Finds "support for Detroit area schools varies with distribution of social characteristics over urban space." Report no. 2557; ERIC Document ED026706

Contents: Battle Creek. 4p. -Bay City. 9p. -Flint. 10p. -Grand Rapids. 8p. -Jackson. 2p. -Lansing. 6p. -Greater Muskegon. 9p. -Saginaw. 9p.

Typical survey format is "Economic picture, government and schools, human relations climate and…

Studies Flint School teachers and students as to how Negro students are perceived by their peers, by their teachers, and by themselves.

Interviews of twenty Detroit area married couples, half black, confirm hypothesis that if socio-economic status, family composition and religion are comparable, there are no significant racial differences in attitudes toward adoption.

In 1948 and 1950 elections "proportions of Negroes who voted and who were registered to vote exceeded that of the total" electorate. Project no. 802

Urges caution in use of data since size of Negro sample is small (79). Project 802.

"Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1968."

One untitled chapter (pg. 117-125) describes Detroit opposition to slavery, Blackburn episode, Underground Railroad, and Faulkner Riot.

Describes and evaluates many Detroit programs (as production of pre-primer series using Negro characters; second-hand paperback libraries in English classrooms; summer program; adult after-school and evening classes in skills areas; child help;…

Partial Contents:-Brief Industrial History of Flint. -Population of Flint. -Housing Situation in Flint, Michigan. -Census of Problem Children in the Flint Public Schools, School Year 1935-1936