What should everyone know about the Detroit riot of 1967?

I was there…there abouts. I was in high school and living just a couple of blocks beyond the Detroit city limits. My wife-to-be was raised in Detroit but her parents and she were on vacation at the time and were not allowed back into the city during the riots. read more

What everyone should know about the Detroit Riot of 1967 is that police brutality isn't new. It's not something that just barely became a problem. How depressing that 50 years later, we still haven't solved this. read more

The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot was the bloodiest race riot in the "Long, hot summer of 1967". Composed mainly of confrontations between black people and police, it began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan. read more

Detroit Riot of 1967: Detroit Riot of 1967, a series of violent confrontations between residents of largely African American neighbourhoods in Detroit and the police. read more