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Describes tenth Anniversary convention meeting in Detroit, of National Negro Congress.

Includes testimony by Mayor Cavanagh, city school and military authorities on both 1966 Kercheval incident and 1967 Riot

Impact of Riot on ten central city hospitals

Riots and Rebellion, Civil Violence in the Urban Community. Reports on seventy-seven interviews with Grand Rapids clergymen including five Negro Protestant ministers, on reactions to Grand Rapids Riot of July 24, 1967.

p. 31-42. Statement [and Testimony] of Arthur Yim, Director of Business Service, Mayor's Development Team, Detroit, Michigan. (Reprinted by Mayor's Development Team as separate pamphlet

Compares "Police Department conditions in 1957-58 with those in 1962-63; [finds] no appreciable gains of Negroes either entering the Police Department, promotions, or integrating the force."

Describes historical development and growing use of restrictive covenants, citing public and private agencies and their policies, and court cases.

This meeting was one of several local ones preceeding and following the Washington Conference.

Compares census data, 1940, 1950 and 1960.