Title: GROSSE POINTE CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS Type: Papers Date: 1963-1973 Size: 3.5 Linear Feet ID#: 1456 OCLC: |
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The papers of the Grosse Pointe Civil Rights Organizations were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in January of 1991 by Mrs. Jean Dupuis, and were opened for research in June of 1991.
The Grosse Pointe Civil Rights Organizations collection is made up primarily of the papers of two organizations: The Grosse Pointe Human Relations Council, and the Grosse Pointe Committee For Open Housing.
The Grosse Pointe Human Relations Council began informally in 1960 as a result of racial episodes in Detroit housing developments. The council's first public act was a walk through Grosse Pointe in June, 1963 in support of open housing. In 1968 the Council sponsored an appearance by Dr. Martin Luther King, three weeks before he was assassinated. Throughout its existence, the Grosse Pointe Human Relations Council worked toward fair housing, equal employment, and a better understanding among the races in the Detroit area. The organization was dissolved in 1973.
The Grosse Pointe Committee For Open Housing began in 1966 as an open housing work group of the Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church. The primary goal of the Committee was to make it possible for any racial or ethnic group to obtain
housing in the Grosse Pointe area. This was to be achieved through education, legislation, and real estate services. In 1969 the Grosse Pointe Committee For Open Housing merged with the Grosse Pointe Human Relations Council, becoming a permanent committee of that organization.
The papers of the Grosse Pointe Civil Rights Organizations reflect the work of a number of civil rights organizations in the Detroit area in the 1960's and 1970's.
The Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1973
Racial Discrimination in the Detroit Area, 1963-1973\
The Grosse Pointe Point System
William R. Bryant Jr. Phillip Hart
Mike Hart Mel Ravitz
7 manuscript boxes
Series I
Grosse Pointe Civil Rights Organizations
1963-1973
Boxes 1-7
This series contains material produced by a number of organizations in the Grosse Pointe, Michigan area concerned with ending racial discrimination through education, legislation, and integration. The primary thrust of their work was in the area of housing.
This series is divided into the following five subseries:
Subseries A: Grosse Pointe Human Relations Council, 1963-1973, [Box1] [Box2] [Box3]
Constitution and by-laws, correspondence, minutes, clippings, and other general organizational information. Files are arranged alphabetically by format.
Subseries B: Grosse Pointe Committee For Open Housing, 1964-1972, [Box3][Box4]
Constitution and by-laws, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, clippings, and other general organizational information. Files are arranged alphabetically by format.
Subseries C: Housing Integration Committee, 1965-1972, [Box4] [Box5]
Constitution and by-laws, correspondence, minutes, and general organizational information. Files are arranged alphabetically by format.
Subseries D: League of Women Voters, 1966-1972, [Box5]
Correspondence, minutes, press releases, and general organizational information. Files are arranged alphabetically by format.
Subseries E: Personal Files of Jean Dupuis, 1965-1978, [Box5] [Box6] [Box7]
Clippings and pamphlets relating to fair housing, equal opportunity, civil rights, the Detroit Riots, and Federal and State legislation.
1. Clippings, 1966-1973
2-3. Constitution/By-laws/Organizational Flowchart, 1963-1973
4-7. Correspondence, 1963-1973
8-11 General Information, 1963-1973
12-13. Membership Forms/Lists/Business, 1964-1973
1-8. Minutes, 1964-1973
9-11. Minutes of the Open Housing Committee of the Grosse Pointe Human Relations Council
1. Newsletters, 1965-1971
Pamphlets
Press Releases, 1964-1972
5-6. Special Projects Information, 1967-1972
7. Book: Race Against Race by Kathy Cosseboom
8. Clippings
9. Constitution/By‑laws
10-12. Correspondence, 1966-1970
1. General Information, 1967-1970
2. Membership Forms/Lists
3-4. Minutes, 1965-1969
5. Newsletters, 1966-1968
6. Pamphlets
7. Press Releases
8-9. Special Projects Information, 1967-1970
10. Constitution/By-laws, 1972
11. Correspondence, 1972
12-13. General Information
1-2. Minutes/Memos, 1972
3-4. Correspondence, 1972
5-6. General Information, 1966-1972
7. Member Lists/Minutes Press Releases/Housing Studies
Clippings, 1965-1970
1-3 Clippings, 1970-1978/N.D.
4-8 General Information
9. Laws/Michigan
10-11. Laws/United States, 1957-1972
1-6. Pamphlets
Index |
Art Now, 3:5
*Bryant, Jr., William R., 5:3
Detroit Riots (1967), 6:6
Detroit Urban League, 6:6
Fair Housing Listing Service, 4:8
*Fitzgerald, George S., 3:12
*Hart, Mike, 3:11
*Hart, Phillip, 1:5
*Kennedy, Lawrence, 1:6
King, Martin Luther, 1:6, 5:12
*Maxon, Paul, 3:10
Michigan Civil Rights Commission, 6:6
Michigan Commission on Law and Housing, 6:4
National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 6:5
*Perkins, Carl, 1:7
Race Aqainst Race by Kathy Cosseboom, 3:7
*Ravitz, Mel, 1:7
*Waldron, Robert E., 3:12