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Box 17

 Container

Contains 24 Results:

Michigan - Complaints -, 1938

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Alleged discrimination against a Black man by Michigan State Employment Service. Complaints of unemployment and poverty.

Dates: 1938

Michigan - Conference on Employment Problems of the Blacks - Detroit, 1940 -, 1940

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Papers include statistics on Black population, occupations, unemployment, vocational education, public welfare, WPA employees. Papers report on intellectual competence, family relationships, crime and delinquency, health and housing.

Dates: 1940

Michigan - Detroit -, 1937-1940

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Text from radio program about employment of Blacks by Michigan State Employment Service. Report on conference with service relating to Black employment.

Dates: 1937-1940

Michigan - General Correspondence -, 1937-1940

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence arranging conference with Michigan State Employment Service. Blacks request information and aid in securing employment. Statistics on population divided by race for Flint, Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Michigan. Report on Black staffing problem.

Dates: 1937-1940

Michigan - Survey -, 1938-1939

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Facts regarding PWA housing projects in Detroit. Report on the relationship between the Michigan State Employment Service and Black job applicants. Racial statistics on population, emergency relief recipients, occupations, local industry, unemployment and job applicants and employee placements for Detroit, Flint, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Michigan. Conference report concerning Black employment.

Dates: 1938-1939

Mississippi - General correspondence -, 1937-1938

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence arranging conference concerning Black employment with Mississippi State Employment Service. Racial statistics on emergency relief recipients, occupations and job applicants, and employee placements from the service, in Meridan, Jackson, and Mississippi.

Dates: 1937-1938

Mississippi - Survey -, 1937

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Racial statistics on population, emergency relief recipients and job applicants and employee placements from the Mississippi State Employment Service divided by race in Jackson, Meridan, and Mississippi.

Dates: 1937

Missouri - General Correspondence -, 1936-1940

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning alleged discrimination against Blacks by the Missouri State Employment Service. Letters from Missouri Congressman, John J. Cochran, expressing dissatisfaction in Lawrence Oxley's speeches which contend that discrimination exists in many facets of the Federal government. Statistics on job applicants and employee placements, divided by race, from the service.

Dates: 1936-1940