1. The Detroit Riot of 1967
July 23rd-28th

2. Boiling Tensions From:
Police Abuse
Lack of Affordable Housing
Urban Renewal Projects
Economic Inequality
Rapid Demographic Change
Black Militancy
3. How it Started
Police raided an all black Blind Pig at 12thSt. And Clairmount Avenue where about 83 people were celebrating the return of two Vietnam Veterans.
Police then tried to round up all 83 patrons.
A frustrated crowd gathered outside and began rioting once the last Police Car left.
4. The National Guard and 82nd Airborne
Within two days the National Guard was mobilized.
On the Fourth Day of rioting the 82nd Airborne was called in by President Johnson to diffuse the situation
5. Map of Rioting
6. Fatalities and Percent Black
Most fatalities resulted from Police and National Guard Fire
7. Damage
7,000 Arrests
1,189 Injuries
43 Deaths
Over 5,000,000 dollarsin damage
8. A peek into the Detroit Counter Culture
During the late 60s Detroit had a counter culture similar to that of San Francisco but on a smaller scale.The Motor City Five (MC5) became the house band of Detroit during this era.They were part of the White Panther Party protesting Police Abuse and Inequality between Blacks and Whites.
9. Interactive Timeline and Riot Video
Interactive Timeline
1967 Riot Video
10. The End
Created by Phil Dugliss
11. Bibliography
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Bibliography Bergesen, Albert. 1980. "Official Violence during the Watts, Newark, and Detroit Race Riots of the 1960s". Pp. 138-174 in Lauderdale, Pat ed. A Political Analysis of Deviance. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
Detroit Free Press. 1968. "Return to 12th Street: A Follow-Up Survey of Attitudes of Detroit Negroes". Detroit Free Press October 7
Farley, Reynolds, Sheldon Danziger, and Harry J. Holzer. 2000. Detroit Divided . New York: Russell Sage Foundation
Fine, Sidney. Violence in the Model City. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1989
Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorders. Report for Action: An Investigation Into the Causes and Events of the 1967 Newark Race Riots. New York. Lemma Publishing Corp, 1968, 1972
Herman, Max A. 1999. Fighting in the Streets: Ethnic Succession and Urban Unrest in 20th Century America. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Arizona. Available from University Microfilms
Locke. Hubert G. The Detroit Riot of 1967. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1969
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders New York: Bantam Books, 1968
Sauter, Van Gordon and Burleigh Hines. 1968. Nightmare in Detroit; A Rebellion and its Victims.Chicago: Regnery Publishers
Sugrue, Thomas. 1996. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Post-War Detroit. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
Thomas, June Manning. 1997. Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
http://www.67riots.rutgers.edu/d_events.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZMCTQSVReM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2_VX2nymRs
Audio : MC5 Motor City is Burning Elektra records 1969