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Presents information on restrictive attitudes and practices of financial institutions and of realtors.

"Big A" supermarket

Describes extradition cases involving Grand Rapids resident, formerly of Mississippi, and a Detroit war plant employee, formerly of Alabama, both accused, in their home states, of "assault with intent to murder."

Part of report reprinted as p.137-140 of Grimshaw, Allen D., ed. Racial Violence in the United States. Chicago, Aldine, 1969.
"Statement of events of June 20 and June 21, 1943 [and] a series of exhibits reporting in statistical form."

p. 35-38. Statement of Rev. Horace A. White, Chairman, Detroit Council for Permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission. Statement includes list of persons and organizations represented by White

Compares characteristics of selected families, all black, living in row and high rise units of Jeffries homes.

p. 13-35. Joe Louis. p. 37-56. Sugar Ray Robinson.

Mrs. Beatrice Bassette of Kalamazoo.

Describes lack of positive action toward solving problems which precipitated 1943 Riot.

Believes mood of blacks in Detroit and elsewhere, is changing.