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Protests instructions to Detroit Housing Commission to accept applications from whites

Examines "how and why [the Commission's] present racial policies developed," and the Commission role in the Sojourner Truth Riot.

Negro Youth. Presents data, secured from youth agencies, as to numbers, place of residence, living conditions, delinquency, employment, ratings on intelligence and aptitude tests, education, organizational affiliation, recreational interests and…

Contains many tables and charts, i.e. geographical location, income, occupational distribution, of Negro college graduates 1826-1936 There are infrequent tabulations by state.

Presents "factual data covering a wide range of tension areas," among them employment of Negro women (pg. 11) and upgrading of black workers in war plants (pg. 13-14), Sojourner Truth Housing Project (pg. 50-59), and Detroit police brutality (pg.…

Gives personal reactions to Tolan's victories; describes Sweet case from NAACP headquarters viewpoint.

Finds no significant differences between IQ's of seventy six white, seventy six Negro subjects, both groups reared in the North, selected from Herman Kiefer in-patients, and matched for age, education, physical disability.

Analyzes "variations in attitudes and behavior [of random sample of Detroit Negro clergy] against the background of the current civil rights movement, [and evaluates] the Negro clergy's impact on the political life" of Detroit