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Period studied is 1944-1960.

Summarizes earlier studies of Detroit transitional areas.

Investigates "three of the conditions under which [eighty fifth and sixth grade Negro boys in two integrated Detroit Public Schools] would exhibit differential levels of belief that events are beyond personal control."

Describes a three-month program, believed to have helped Lansing achieve a cool 1967 summer, in which nine workers opened "lines of communication from the city government to the community."
Examined at Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission.

Interview results of arrestees made ten days after Riots started, showed more than half were over twenty-five, some 85% had some high school education, 75% were employed, and "moderates" outnumbered "militants."

Describes precipitating incident as arrest of six Negro men in Ace's Grill on 294 LaBelle, on charges of loitering. Lists Glen Showerman as temporary chairman.

Contains charts, tables, and text discussion of migration by state, by race, distributed by age and sex, for census decades.

Studies effectiveness of the community barometer, initiated in January 1944.

Bunche's first ten years were lived in Detroit.

Analyzes attitudes of a sample of voters, of which 19% were Negroes, in 1952 elections. Reveals no significant racial differences.