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Pilot Study: Afro-American Instructional Curriculum Laboratory
Describes selection and use of Afro-American materials at Pontiac's Jefferson and Detroit's Sherrard Junior High Schools.
History of the Negro in Michigan
Traces history to 1870, with many citations to pertinent manuscripts.
Reporting the Racial Story in Detroit
Paper presented by Detroit News Editor at Conference summarizes history of race relations in Detroit, and role of Detroit News in reporting same.
Negroes in Detroit, 1890-1900.
Chapter titles include "Political Activities," "Racial Discrimination," and "Employment and Social Class."
The Population of Michigan, 1840 to 1960, an Analysis of Growth, Distribution and Composition
Presents figures as to population distribution by race for regions in the state and for type of area.
Intrastate Migration in Michigan; 1935-1940
Finds "non-wite population highly stable, so far as migration within metropolitan subregion [is] concerned."
Petition of Olney Hawkins and 300 Others, Citizens of Ann Arbor, in the County of Washtenaw, Praying That the Constitution May Be Altered so as to Admit Colored Men to the Privileges of the Elective Franchise
Gives names of the 301 Ann Arbor citizens.
A Woman's Life Work, including Thirty Years' Service on the Underground Railroad and in the War
Autobiography relates Mrs. Haviland's life in "educational and missionary effort among Canadian Negroes near Detroit River in early fifties."
Urban Renewal as a Catalyst
Describes "origin and evolution of an urban redevelopment program in the Township of Royal Oak [and] covers the period July 1, 1953 to January 1, 1961
A Study of the Work of the Coordinating Committee on Democratic Human Relations in the Detroit Public Schools from September 1943 to June 1952.
Traces history of the Committee, established after 1943 riots to consider interracial relationships as affected by school or community practice.