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Biography of Elizabeth Denison Forth, former slave who left her life savings to a church on Grosse Ile

The Tragedy of the La Force Family. Episode concerning capture of North Carolina loyalist whites and 13 slaves and their transportation to and transfer in Detroit as prisoners during the Revolutionary War, is reconstructed from accounts in family…

Compares services available at inner city and outlying branches of library system and makes recommendations.

Outlines "the reaction in Detroit following the murder of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis on April 4." Includes chronology of events April 4-15, 1968

Letter, signed by Colson Nutt, Executive Secretary, commends action of UAW Locals 3, 22, 51, 190, 227, 269, 742

Mimeographed letter characterizes Council as comprised of "Communist dominated unions" and criticizes its initiative petition drive for a Detroit Fair Employment Practices Ordinance

Protests instructions to Detroit Housing Commission to accept applications from whites