KNIGHTS OF KU KLUX KLAN

 
Source:
 
1.   Corporation and securities.  Incorporated under general corporation law of 1925.  Last annual report filed in 1949.  This report includes history of articles of incorporation, purpose, officers, business and the like.  Articles of incorporation are in the Corporation and Securities office; the reports are in storage in the Record Center.  Charter revoked August 30, [...]

Anti Slavery League

6 folders .2 cu. ft.

Summary
This collection consists of the records of the Michigan Anti-slavery Society (1852-1857, 1960-1982). This organization seems to have had its inception in Adrian, Mich. Its purpose was to abolish slavery and to help slaves escape from the South. The records of the Society discuss the plight of Blacks and how they [...]

Detroit Riots

1943 Riot: Department of Military Affairs, record group 79-10, 1942-1943 (includes Sojourner Truth housing project materials).
1967 Riot: Dept. of Military Establishment, record group 78-125, 1967-1969; record group 87-51, 1964-1982.

First Michigan Colored Infantry

Dept. of Military Establishment, record group 59-14.  Records of transfers, discharges, orders and officer correspondence, 1861-1865.

Fugitive Slave

Thornton Blackburn Collection, Record Group 56-26, Dept. of State.  Fugitve slave case in Detroit, MI, 1833.

Covert, Michigan

Pearl Sarno Collection, Record Group 2006-27.  Integration in small West Michigan Community.
See publication: A Stronger Kinship by Anna Lisa Cox.  www.strongerkinship.com