Gives brief history of Afro-Americans in Monroe County: church development, first families, present black-owned busienss, civic improvement groups, and fraternal organizations.
Finds black member of labor force in early 1935, moved propotionately less frequently than whites, with more very short (intra-county) or very long (interstate) moves.
Members of the Planning Committee, composed of William Lambert, William C. Monroe, Henry Jackson, F. Delaney and O.P. Hoyt, are among those attending the convention.
Analyzes "variations in attitudes and behavior [of random sample of Detroit Negro clergy] against the background of the current civil rights movement, [and evaluates] the Negro clergy's impact on the political life" of Detroit