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Death Blow to Jim Crow, 10th Convention, Detroit, May 30-June2 [1946]
Gives preliminary program of convention, call to action, and registration form
Death of Fear
Describes People's Tribunal convened by City-wide Citizens Action Committee to try "white policemen accused of murdering black boys in rebellion."
Decline and Rebirth: 1933-1962
Makes many references to role played by Negroes in Ford Organizing Drive. p.133-167. A New Deal for Labor
Democracy in Grand Rapids--Do We Practice What We Preach? Luncheon Series, October [15] - November [19] 1959
Areas discussed include housing, education, employment, attitude of churches.
Desegregated--Or Integrated?
Learning situation should become more responsive to the needs of black children.
Desegregation in the Midwest: the Case of Kalamazoo, p. 235-271 of Mack, Raymond W., ed. Our Children's Burden: Studies of Desegregation in Nine American Communities.
Presents a brief history of blacks in Kalamazoo; discusses housing and employment situation, then evaluates school board's action in eliminating junior high program at Lincoln School.
Detached Workers Report, Summer of 1967
Describes a three-month program, believed to have helped Lansing achieve a cool 1967 summer, in which nine workers opened "lines of communication from the city government to the community."
Examined at Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission.
Examined at Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission.
Detroit
Sees the Sojourner Truth Riots as evidence of failure of municipal authorities to halt Black Legion and KKK activities.