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Makes infrequent references (i.e., pg. 21, 34, 54, 65, 68, 79) to Michigan developments - a Negro assembly in Bay City, and comments on all-Negro assemblies in Advance and Labor Leaf, and Plain-dealer.

Studies seventy case histories of family service assistance in Oakdale Gardens Housing Project, 1950-52.

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.

Covers period beginning with 1688; bibliography cites relevant manuscripts and published material at Burton Historical Collection.

Cites federal and state judicial decisions regarding employment, housing, education, public accommodations.

"First three chapters are a brief account of Michigan's slave heritage."

pg. 82-105. Attitudes toward Negroes and Negro-White Relations.
Reports attitudes of several hundred Detroit area residents, about 11% black, in summer 1951, as revealed by in-depth interviews.

Analyzes attitudes of a sample of voters, of which 19% were Negroes, in 1952 elections. Reveals no significant racial differences.

Bunche's first ten years were lived in Detroit.

Studies effectiveness of the community barometer, initiated in January 1944.