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Believes Detroit Housing Commission policies are more equitable than before report was issued

Shows continuing segregation in Detroit public housing units, despite District Court permanent injunction of 1954 against Detroit Housing Commission "maintaining racially segregated public housing."

Garfield school teachers make curricula more meaningful to their 80% black student body.

Example of yearly racial censuses which have been made by Detroit Public Schools since 1961

Describes amount and character of discrimination in Detroit, present facilities for its elimination, measures utilized elsewhere, and recommendations of Commission.

Traces history of blacks in Detroit, and present status as revealed by 1960 census data. Begins with year 1701.

Census shows high and increasing segregation in state's schools.

Reports on conditions in other areas following Detroit's Race Riot; reproduces picture which "did much to further the Negro cause. A colored man is held by unconcerned Detroit cops while a white man slaps his face."

This new edition of the study of Detroit's 1943 Riot includes an introduction written after the 1967 Riot.