1967 Detroit Riots ‑ Causes, Facts & Police - HISTORY
Sep 27, 2017 · In the sweltering summer of 1967, Detroit’s predominantly African American neighborhood of Virginia Park was a simmering cauldron of racial tension. About 60,000 low-income residents were crammed...
1967 Detroit riot - Wikipedia
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967". [3]
Detroit Riot of 1967 | Definition, Causes, Aftermath, & Facts
Detroit Riot of 1967, series of violent confrontations between residents of predominantly African American neighbourhoods of Detroit and the city’s police department that began on July 23, 1967, and lasted five days.
Uprising of 1967 | Detroit Historical Society
The Uprising of 1967 is also known as the Detroit Rebellion of 1967 and the 12th Street Riot. It began following a police raid on an unlicensed bar, known locally as a “blind pig.”
The 1967 Riots: When Outrage Over Racial Injustice Boiled Over
Jun 17, 2021 · The Detroit Riots, from a Child’s Perspective. In one of the worst riots in US history, some 43 people lost their lives and thousands more were injured or arrested.
Understanding Detroit’s 1967 Upheaval 50 Years Later
Jul 26, 2017 · And on July 23, starting at 3 a.m., Detroit convulsed in the largest riot the country had seen since the New York draft riots in 1863. Looters prowled the streets, arsonists set buildings on...
Detroit in 1967: Looting, Burning and Guerrilla War - U.S.
Jul 12, 2017 · Detroit, a city with a reputation for being almost a model in race relations, erupted in mid-1967 with the nearest thing to civil war in a century. Numerous blazes are evident in this aerial view...
1. Days of the Uprising · Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence, …
This introductory page provides an overview of the main events in the Detroit Uprising from July 23-28, 1967, drawn primarily from the official accounts of the Detroit Police Department, the state of Michigan, and the federal government (including the Kerner Commission investigation).
III. Uprising and Occupation, 1967 · Detroit Under Fire: Police ...
The Detroit Uprising of 1967 was a violent and divisive time for the city and part of a wave of urban unrest that spread across the nation in the mid-to-late 1960s. Incidents of police brutality and harassment of African Americans were the immediate triggers for almost every episode of "civil unrest" during this era.
'We are in the worst crisis we have known since the Civil War' - PBS
May 15, 2024 · These currents were all swirling in Detroit. In June, a Black Vietnam veteran had been killed by a gang of white youths after he took his pregnant wife to a public park bordering a white...