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pg. 109-115: The Underground Railroad and the Kentucky Raid.
pg. 386-387: Colored Settlement.

Study of selection of Detroit Common Council and Detroit Board of Education confirms charge that "changed electoral structure in local government in Southeast Michigan would give minority groups fairer representation."

Protests the barring of 3000-unit housing project to Negro war workers.

Flint Public School teachers of the disadvantaged believe their education inadequate, particularly in Negro history, anthropology, and primary experience with disadvantaged children.

"Outlines historical development of the general relations between the labor movement and the Negro community [and] the main patterns of union racial policies."

Chapter 9: Detroit, pg. 137-149. Describes status of minority apprentice training in both industrial and building trades as of 1966.

Survey of "plans and needs of graduates from various socio-economic and cultural areas" finds "need for more educational and guidance services to minority youth."

Analyzes the continuing but decreasing difference in white and non-white infant mortality rates from 1940 to 1950.

Finds "Racial attitudes improved during year but wide gaps still evident."

Describes Detroit's involvement in Great Cities School Improvement Project, beginning in 1959, including in-service education for teachers, preparation of appropriate text books, lifting teacher expectations, parent involvement, community use of…