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Public Education in Detroit
Devotes a few paragraphs (p.86, 99-100, 11) to the "colored school;" notes 20-year service of one teacher, John Whitbeck.
The Effect of a Continuing-Education-for-Girls Program on the Self-Concept and Locus of Control of a Selected Group of Negro, Adolescent Unmarried Mothers.
Studies effect of a program of continuing education for pregnant girls on their self-concept and their beliefs as to forces controlling their lives.
Monroe Salutes Its Black Citizens: May 20, Our Heritage Day, Michigan Week, 1969 [Monroe]
Gives brief history of Afro-Americans in Monroe County: church development, first families, present black-owned busienss, civic improvement groups, and fraternal organizations.
Balance of Power: the Negro Vote
pg. 147-156. The Detroit Formula. Describes Detroit election of 1945.
History of Michigan, v.1.
Chapter 21. Political Events Leading to the Formation of the Republican Party. p.394-410. Narrates events from 1849 to Civil War, including Crosswhite episode.
The History of the Negro in Medicine
(International Library of Negro Life and History) Gives brief information on three men who received medical training in Michigan, Doctors Henry Fitzbutler, John R. Francis and Robert Boyd. Has extensive bibliography.
Employee Attitudes toward Hiring the Hard-Core Unemployed
Explores attitudes of various levels of employees of Detroit Edison towards a program for employing some two hundred "hard-core" unemployed with goal of improving chances for success of future programs.
The Black Legion Rides
Narrates various crimes committed in Michigan including murder in preceding year of Silas Coleman and James Armour
Eye-witness Detroit, p.11-14 of Boutelle, Paul. The Black Uprising: Newark, 1967-Detroit.
(Reprinted from the Militant, August 7, 1957) Analyzes Detroit Riot from black activist's viewpoint.
Self Concept of Ability, Significant Others and School Achievement of Eigth Grade Students; a Comparative Investigation of Negro and Caucaisian Students.
Compares 114 Negro, 1482 white students in four junior high schools "in the urbanized, industrialized Midwest"; finds self-concept a better predicter of success than I.Q.