1943 Detroit race riot
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A race riot took place in Detroit, Michigan, from the evening of June 20 through to the early morning of June 22, 1943. It occurred in a period of dramatic population increase and social tensions asso
Detroit police officers defending black people from the white mob
Sign posted in response to proposed Sojourner Truth Housing Project, February 1942
1967 Detroit riot
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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". Composed mainly of
1943 Detroit race riot
…gives a brief overview about the riot in her book Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes : An Oral History of Detroit's African American Community, 1918-1967. 1967 Detroit riot Detroit race riot of 1863…
Destroyed buildings in Detroit, July 24, 1967
The neighborhood of Black Bottom, a center of the black community, was replaced by Lafayette Park (pictured here) in an urban renewal project. Its loss resulted in racial tensions, due to the dislocation of community networks as well as loss of housing.
Northern High School on Woodward Avenue was 98% black in 1966 and the setting of a black-student walkout