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Devotes one chapter to her death in Battle Creek and to describing memorials and other evidence of her sojourn there.

Analyzes Detroit's 1966 election in which there were five black Recorders Court candidates.

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.

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.

Reports results of oral interviews concerning racial employment and service policies with 28 Detroit Catholic social agencies.

Offers selection of books for elementary school children which "will help them to appreciate the traditions, aspirations and achievements of the Negro race."

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…

Describes hate groups in Detroit making for conflict.

Records achievements of Afro-Americans in Windsor, many of whom or whose ancestors have Detroit connections.

Lists many individuals, as ministers, homeowners, firsts in various employment cateogries; describes several interracial episodes, evidently using newspapers as sources.