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- The riot resulted in the deaths of 43 people, including 33 African Americans and 10 whites. Many other people were injured, more than 7,000 people were arrested, and more than 1,000 buildings were burned in the uprising.
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Composed mainly of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department, it began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967, in Detroit, Michigan . The precipitating event was a police raid of an unlicensed, after-hours bar, known as a blind pig, on the city's Near West Side.
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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.
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.”
Sep 27, 2017 · The 1967 Detroit Riots were among the most violent and destructive riots in U.S. history. By the time the bloodshed, burning and looting ended after five days, 43 people were dead, 342...
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...
Nov 21, 2023 · The Detroit Riots of 1967 lasted five days and nights as the police, state police, the National Guard, and the 82nd Airborne waged war against the Black community.
Jul 22, 2017 · In the summer of 1967, the simmering unrest in cities across America exploded. In Detroit, tensions between the police and the African-American community reached their limit, unleashing five days...
