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Before the Ghetto: Black Detroit in the Nineteenth Century.
The author's book of the same title, with almost identical text, the same comprehensive bibliography, and the addition of a thorough index, was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1973, after the closing date for inclusion In this…
Caste and Class in Late Nineteenth Century Detroit.
"History of the free Negro in nineteenth century Detroit has been marked by two distinct social phenomena: first, nearly all the city's blacks belonged to a caste apart from the rest of society, and secondly, the black caste was stratified into…
Family Life in Two Structurally Distinct Housing Types in a Public Housing Project: a Comparative Study
Compares characteristics of selected families, all black, living in row and high rise units of Jeffries homes.
The Negro Peasant Turns Cityward: Effects of Recent Migrations to Northern Centers
Includes data on employment, housing, crime, education, churches, and so forth, largely from Negro in Detroit, compiled for the Mayor's Inter-Racial Committee, and Haynes Negro Newcomers in Detroit.
The Negro in Medicine
Joseph Ferguson and son, John C., and a Chicago doctor born in Ypsilanti, George C. Hall, are among subjects of biographies.
Assembly Programs in the Promotion of Inter-Cultural Education
Describes and evaluates a series of assembly programs on intercultural education conducted at St. Philip High School, Battle Creek, in 1947.
Reported Self-Concept in Relation to Academic Achievement in an Inner-City Setting
Using Flint Public Schools' "Better Tomorrow for the Urban Child," program, studies whether students' self-concept materially affects his intellectually achievement.
The Negro in the Knights of Labor
Makes infrequent references (i.e., pg. 21, 34, 54, 65, 68, 79) to Michigan developments - a Negro assembly in Bay City, and comments on all-Negro assemblies in Advance and Labor Leaf, and Plain-dealer.
A New Community Grew, the Family Agency Function in a Temporary War Emergency Housing Project.
Studies seventy case histories of family service assistance in Oakdale Gardens Housing Project, 1950-52.
Government Agencies in Detroit in the Work of Overcoming Discrimination against the Negro in Private Employment.
Describes employment situation in Detroit area, and the creation and work of the Detroit Office of the Committee on Fair Employment Practices and of the Minority Group Service Division of the War Manpower Commission.