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Desegregation in the Midwest: the Case of Kalamazoo, p. 235-271 of Mack, Raymond W., ed. Our Children's Burden: Studies of Desegregation in Nine American Communities.
Presents a brief history of blacks in Kalamazoo; discusses housing and employment situation, then evaluates school board's action in eliminating junior high program at Lincoln School.
Judicial Elections in Detriot: Candidates, Interest Groups, Voting Patterns.
Analyzes Detroit's 1966 election in which there were five black Recorders Court candidates.
Her Name Was Sojourner Truth
Devotes one chapter to her death in Battle Creek and to describing memorials and other evidence of her sojourn there.
Programming for Purpose and Pride. Curricula Innovations for Elementary Schools Grade K-6, Utilizing Factual Information Regarding the History and Culture of Africans and Afro-Americans. Written and compiled in Detroit, Michigan by members of the staff of the Pattengill Elementary School and interns and staff of the Wayne State University Teacher Corps.
Includes course outlines, demonstration lessons, lesson plans, and bibliography.
The Economics of Housing Segregation
Compares Detroit and Chicago housing patterns and resident characteristics
Studies of Wayne County Adoptions, VI: Characteristics of Negro Non-Related Adoptive Parents.
Analyzes reasons for low adoption rate of Negro families.
Teacher and Student Attitude Interactions and Their Effects in a Program for the Culturally Deprived
Continues study and evaluation of the Flint Public Schools' "Better Tomorrow for the Urban Child" program.
New World A-Comin'; inside Black America
Briefly describes Sojourner Truth Riot from view-point of "Black Cabinet," advisors to President Roosevelt
The Black Athlete, A Shameful Story
Uses occasional Michigan examples, i.e. Will Robinson, Pershing High School coach (p.13-14); George Gaddy, Moore School, Detroit and Reggie Harding of the Pistons (p. 92-94) in describing discrimination in sports.
Study of Anti-Poverty Coordination in the Southeast Michigan Six-County Region
Ethnic nature is one of characteristics surveyed for each of the 38 areas inventoried.