Detroit 1967

@Detroit_1967

Looking back 50 years to the Detroit riots and the summer of '67, with the context and perspective of today. Powered by the Detroit Free Press.

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  1. 11 hours ago

    Detroit’s long history of housing segregation didn’t end with the riots, by

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  2. 13 hours ago

    "The 1967 Rebellion and Visions of an Independent Black Detroit" by in

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  3. 13 hours ago

    In , recalls the unrest

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  4. 15 hours ago

    In 1967, officials thought Detroit could avoid the civil unrest ripping apart other cities. They were wrong

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    Jul 17

    Mayor Cavanagh staged mock riot to test preparedness 3 days before uprising began.

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  6. 16 hours ago

    Also from the July 18, 1967 issue of the Free Press: HUD Secretary says only "gigantic" action can stop riots from spreading

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  7. 16 hours ago

    in 1967, a editorial looks at systemic causes of the Newark riots, with no connection to conditions in

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    Jul 12

    Here is a map of all "civil disturbances" in the US from 1/1/67 to 8/1/67. Rebellion was not just in Newark & Detroit.

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  9. Jul 17

    Flashback: how the handled the unrest

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  10. Jul 17
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    Students told they couldn't go to college, called the n-word -- so they walked out. talks to the organizer, 51 years later

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  11. Jul 17

    How student activism over racism in Detroit schools in 1966 was a sign of the unrest to come

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  12. Jul 16

    in 1967, this was the front page:

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  13. Jul 15

    Ed Vaughn’s bookstore burned in riots. He rebuilt, struggled through decades of decline

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  14. Jul 15

    1967, riots in Newark, New Jersey make ’s front page

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  15. Jul 15

    "When I moved to Detroit in 1984, the long shadow of the 1967 rebellion was still palpable" -

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  16. Jul 14

    Riot or rebellion? Uprising, unrest, civil disturbance, or insurrection? Why it matters what we call

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    Jul 14

    On this day in 1974: Live version of Bowie's "Panic in Detroit" is recorded. Song based on Iggy Pop's description of

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  18. Jul 14

    Front page of , 1967

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  19. Jul 14

    Follow along here as brings the unrest to the present, with real-time updates starting July 23.

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  20. Jul 13

    "In 1960, my father was compelled to relocate his record shop, as the Chrysler Freeway was being constructed (cont)

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