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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.
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.