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Requiem on a Race Riot.
Condenses author's book, Detroit is My Home Town, Emphasizing his contacts with Negroes in Detroit.
Negro Problems Confronting Nation: a Series of Ten Articles Published in the Dallas Morning News, November 20-29, 1944
Describes relations between blacks and whites as observed by Southern reporter, one of whose Detroit guides was Ray Hatcher.
The Effects of White and Non-White Population Changes in the Central City, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1950-1960. A Report to the Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission, April 1961
Compares failure, or non-promotion percentages for all schools with those for schools with 73% or more of non-white students -- ration is 6.4 to 11.87.
A Report to the Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission, February 25, 1960; Current Statistics on Non-White Enrollment in the Grand Rapids Public Schools
Covers period 1951-1959.
Selected Information on the Negro Population in Grand Rapids Schools
Surveys school population in preceding decade and makes projections for five-year period. Finds physical facilities in Campeau area increasingly inadequate. Criticizes policy of assigning Negro teachers.
Restrictive Covenants in Relation to Segregated Negro Housing in Detroit
Describes historical development and growing use of restrictive covenants, citing public and private agencies and their policies, and court cases.
Dissecting a Riot Neighborhood, an Analysis of Detroit's 12th Street, the Scene of 1967's Bloody Upheaval.
Tries to explain why the Riot began in this area.
An Invitation from Detroit Councils.
Outlines organization of NAACP Youth Councils in Detroit and urges attendance at National Conference in Detroit June 29-July 4.
