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p. 81-82 [Convention of Colored Citizens of Michigan, 1843]

Compares black and white and black male and female performance on selected psychological tests, using black T.A.P. personnel, white college students and entry level managerial public utility employees.

Includes many events of significance for Detroit and Michigan.

Sojourner Truth moved to Battle Creek in 1856 and died there in 1883.

(Excerpts are included also as p. 237-238 of Aptheker, Herbert, ed. A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. New York, Citadel, 1951; and as p. 51-71 of Osofsky, Gilbert, ed. Puttin' on Ole Massa. New York, Harper, 1969) Bibb…

Describes relations between blacks and whites as observed by Southern reporter, one of whose Detroit guides was Ray Hatcher.

Compares failure, or non-promotion percentages for all schools with those for schools with 73% or more of non-white students -- ration is 6.4 to 11.87.

Covers period 1951-1959.

Surveys school population in preceding decade and makes projections for five-year period. Finds physical facilities in Campeau area increasingly inadequate. Criticizes policy of assigning Negro teachers.

Describes historical development and growing use of restrictive covenants, citing public and private agencies and their policies, and court cases.