| Detroit: Race and uneven development J Darden Temple University Press, 1990 | 452 | 1990 |
| Redevelopment & race: planning a finer city in postwar Detroit JM Thomas, AD Dillard Urban History Review 26 (1), 53, 1997 | 300 | 1997 |
| The city after abandonment M Dewar, JM Thomas University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012 | 242 | 2012 |
| Urban planning and the African-American community: In the shadows JM Thomas, M Ritzdorf SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 1997 | 217 | 1997 |
| Redevelopment and race: Planning a finer city in postwar Detroit JM Thomas Wayne State University Press, 2013 | 143 | 2013 |
| Social diversity and economic development in the metropolis JM Thomas, J Darnton Journal of planning literature 21 (2), 153-168, 2006 | 131 | 2006 |
| Planning history and the black urban experience: Linkages and contemporary implications JM Thomas Journal of Planning Education and Research 14 (1), 1-11, 1994 | 84 | 1994 |
| The minority-race planner in the quest for a just city JM Thomas Planning Theory 7 (3), 227-247, 2008 | 80 | 2008 |
| Educating planners: Unified diversity for social action JM Thomas Journal of Planning Education and Research 15 (3), 171-182, 1996 | 63 | 1996 |
| Faith-based community development and African-American neighborhoods JM Thomas, RN Blake Revitalizing urban neighborhoods, 131-143, 1996 | 56 | 1996 |
| Racial inequality and empowerment JM Thomas Making the invisible visible: A multicultural planning history, 198-206, 1998 | 42 | 1998 |
| Neighborhood planning: Uses of oral history JM Thomas Journal of Planning History 3 (1), 50-70, 2004 | 39 | 2004 |
| Planning and industrial decline lessons from postwar Detroit JM Thomas Journal of the American Planning Association 56 (3), 297-310, 1990 | 39 | 1990 |
| Detroit: the centrifugal city JM Thomas Unequal Partnerships: The political economy of urban redevelopment in …, 1989 | 30 | 1989 |
| Racial crisis and the fall of the Detroit City Plan Commission JM Thomas Journal of the American Planning Association 54 (2), 150-161, 1988 | 27 | 1988 |
| Marsha Ritzdorf, eds. 1997 JM Thomas Urban planning and the African American community: In the shadows, 0 | 27 | |
| Mapping Detroit: Land, community, and shaping a city MP de Leon Wayne State University Press, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| The impact of corporate tourism on Gullah blacks: Notes on issues of employment JM Thomas Phylon (1960-) 41 (1), 1-11, 1980 | 24 | 1980 |
| Social equity in redevelopment and housing: United States and Korea JM Thomas, HY Hwang Journal of Planning Education and Research 23 (1), 8-23, 2003 | 23 | 2003 |
| Socially responsible practice: The battle to reshape the American Institute of Planners JM Thomas Journal of Planning History 18 (4), 258-281, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
