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The 1967 Detroit Riot: A City in Chaos
A day-by-day account of the Detroit riot of July 1967, from the 12th Street bar raid on 23 July to the end of the fighting, with the final toll of dead and arrested.
War, Protest and Politics
The Detroit Riot of 1967
Causes, events and aftermath of the largest American riot of 1967.
The 1967 Detroit Police Riot: A Year of Racial Tension
How Detroit policing shaped the 1967 riot, from the 12th Street raid to the Algiers Motel killings, John Hersey's account and the trials, and why many blamed police practices.
The 1967 Detroit Riot: A City in Turmoil
How the military response to the July 1967 Detroit riot was decided: Governor Romney, the Michigan National Guard, the request to President Johnson and the paratroopers.
The 1967 Detroit Riot: A Year of Turmoil in the Motor City
The economy behind the July 1967 Detroit riot: auto-industry jobs, Mayor Cavanagh's Model Cities hopes, the gap between Black and white workers, and a model city's reputation.
The 1967 Detroit Riots: A City in Crisis
The structural roots of the July 1967 Detroit riot: redlining, the clearance of Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, crowded housing and segregated suburbs.
The 1967 Detroit Riots: A Year of Racial Tension
Placing the July 1967 Detroit riot in a longer history: the Great Migration, the June 1943 race riot, and how the city and its police responded in each case.
The 1967-1968 Detroit Riots: A City in Crisis
The Detroit riot took place in July 1967, not across 1967-1968. This article covers its aftermath: the New Detroit Committee, the Kerner verdict, population flight and the 1968 Tigers.
The Detroit Riot: A City in Crisis
The human and physical cost of the July 1967 Detroit riot: who died and how, the burned blocks, firefighters under fire, insurance losses and how people remember it.
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