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A Pilot Study of Negro In-Migrants Who Have Lived in Detroit within the Last Ten Years: Their Health Needs, Use and Knowledge of Health Resources.
This second of three studies (Howcott-Ponder-Wassenaar) of residents of Hastings-Dequindre-Canfield-Watkins area concentrates on health needs.
Voting Behavior: a Case Study
Nationality and Race. Analyzes voting statistics in Ann Arbor from 1924 to 1932 by sex, age, race.
A Study of Ten Inter-Cultural Areas in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Made under the Supervision of the Community Organization Committee.
Reports information secured through interviews on employment and housing conditions in parts of city having largest Negro populations. Finds conditions vastly improved over 1940, but much yet to be achieved.
The Negro in Grand Rapids, 1840-1956
Lists many individuals, as ministers, homeowners, firsts in various employment cateogries; describes several interracial episodes, evidently using newspapers as sources.
The Long Road, a History of the Coloured Canadian in Windsor, 1867-1967
Records achievements of Afro-Americans in Windsor, many of whom or whose ancestors have Detroit connections.
The Man Who Has an Answer Claude Williams
Describes hate groups in Detroit making for conflict.
The Afro-American Press and Its Editors
Gives brief biography and pictures of each of the editors of the Plaindealer, William H. Anderson, Benjamin B. Pelham, W.H. Stowers, and Robert Pelham, Jr.; and of reporter Meta E. Pelham; and includes a lengthy quotation from Professor D. Augustus…
An Adventure in Human Relations: a Critique on Books Written by and about Negroes Suitable for Use as Supplementary Material in an Elementary School Reading Room.
Offers selection of books for elementary school children which "will help them to appreciate the traditions, aspirations and achievements of the Negro race."
A Survey of the Policies and Practices of Catholic Social Service Agencies in Metropolitan Detroit as They Are Affected by Race.
Reports results of oral interviews concerning racial employment and service policies with 28 Detroit Catholic social agencies.
Black Utopia; Negro Communal Experiments in America
Chapter 6. The Refugee Home Society; Factionalism on the Detroit Frontier. P. 109-122. Describes founding and operation of a Michigan organization, Refugee Home Society, which bought land in Windsor area of Canada in 1851 for settlement of Negroes.