"Thomas's ground-breaking study should occupy a central place in the literature of American urban history." --Choice

..". path-breaking... a fine community study... " --Journal of American Studies

"Thomas's work is essential reading... succeeds in providing a bridge of information on the social, political, legal, and economic development of the Detroit black community between the turn of the century and 1945."--Michigan Historical Review

The black community in Detroit developed into one of the major centers of black progress. Richard Thomas traces the building of this...