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History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church
Chapter 11. St. Matthew's Church, Detroit, Michigan, p. 117-120
History of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World.
Lists three past Grand Exalted Rulers from Detroit (Arthur J. Riggs, Dr. J.W. Ames and Wallace Williams) and shows locations and names of all Michigan lodges.
History of the Negro in Michigan
Traces history to 1870, with many citations to pertinent manuscripts.
History of the Woman's Missionary Society in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, Comprising Its Founders, Organizations, Pathfinders, Subsequent Developments and Present Status.
Chapters on Detroit and Hamtramck cite work of Mesdames Pinkie Taylor, Dollie Gladden, Mary Shields and Emma Cheeseboro.
History of William Webb
Contains brief passage on life in Michigan by a man born a slave in Georgia.
Home Interview of Low Income Households in Detroit, Michigan.
"Identifies the charactersitics, problems and needs of a representative sample of 2,081 households living in blighted and substandard housing." Of persons studied, 70.5% were black.
Hooded Americanism: the First Century of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1965
pg. 194-197. White Robes on Woodward Avenue. Describes Klan influences in mid-1920s, particularly in containing Negro housing by stimulating organization of neighborhood improvement associations.
Hope 68
Reports comparison shopping of drug and food stores in the Detroit Metropolitan area to determine price and quality variations
Housing Committee Report
Among topics are distribution of non-white population, public housing, and impact of highway construction and urban renewal.