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A Study of the Economic and Cultural Conditions of Two Minority Groups in Lansing, Michigan
Not examined: file copy available for use at National Urban League offices in New York.
An Experiment in Programming for Changing Attitudes of Racial Prejudice
Reports experiment in changing prejudiced attitudes of some two dozen black and white Detroiters, through use of a film and discussions.
Racial Violence in Jackson, 1963
Describes the near-riot between Negro high school students and Jackson police.
A comparison of the Auditory Memory Performance of Negro and White Children from Different Socio-Economic Backgrounds
Contrasts recall processes and performance gains of lower-class Negro and middle-class white children during first and second grades.
A Comparison of the Psycholinguistic Functioning of "Educationally Deprived" and "Educationally Advantaged" Children
Finds greatest differences between deprived, largely black, and advantaged, predominantly white children in a "midwestern suburb of 60,000" relate to speech pattern-analogs, grammar, vocabulary.
Witnesses for Freedom: Negro Americans in Autobiography
p. 18-23. In Spite of the Handicap: James D. Corrothers.
The Background and Causes of the 1943 Detroit Race Riot
Describes areas of tension and roles of various social agencies in preceding decades.
The Relationship between Political Participation and Socio-Political Integration in the Detroit Metropolitan Area
Negroes surveyed surpass whites in political participation.
A Faith to Free the People
The last fifty pages of this biography of Claude Williams describe his experiences in Detroit during World War II in bringing together the church, labor, and blacks.