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Government Agencies in Detroit in the Work of Overcoming Discrimination against the Negro in Private Employment.
Describes employment situation in Detroit area, and the creation and work of the Detroit Office of the Committee on Fair Employment Practices and of the Minority Group Service Division of the War Manpower Commission.
Grand Rapids Board Commended by Novak
Describes Grand Rapids School Board plan to achieve school integration
Great Rider Trains a Tiny Tyke: Nine-Year-Old Schoolgirl learned Horsemanship from a Master, Henry Jennings
Joetter Smith has been trained by her grandfather, "who runs Michigan's biggest Negro operated horse stables."
Green Power: the Corporation and the Urban Crisis
Uses case history of Detroit worker to illustrate economic effects of auto manufacturers' attitude change toward employing poor blacks.
Grievances of Detroit Negro Arrestees
Classifies and discusses response to questionnaires regarding complaints of Riot arrestees.
Growth of Public School Education in Michigan from 1860 to 1900
p. 20-22 Free Schools and the Negro. Gives background of court case which abolished "separate colored schools" in Detroit.
Gt. [Great] Lakes; Detroit Institution Is One of Fastest Growing Insurance Companies in America
Describes company and its president, Charles H. Mahoney.
Half-way House Highlights
Describes "an inner-city program sponsored by Plymouth United Church of Christ to develop a community organization and group-work program" in an urban redevelopment area.
Hamtramck Then and Now, a Sociological Study of a Polish-American Community.
Makes occasional comments on Polish-black relations, contrasting developments with those in Highland Park.