Detroit

1967 Detroit riot

The Detroit 1967 riot or the 1967 Detroit rebellion [1][2][3][4], or more commonly referred to in Detroit and Michigan as the Twelfth Street riot, was a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan that began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. The precipitating event was a police raid of an unlicensed after hours bar on the corner of 12th Street and Clairmount on the city's near westside...... Read more

The 1943 Detroit race riots

Early in June 1943, 25,000 Packard plant workers, who produced engines for bombers and PT boats, stopped work in protest of the promotion of three blacks. A handful of agitators whipped up animosity against the promotions. During the strike a voice outside the plant reportedly shouted, "I'd rather see Hitler and Hirohito win than work beside a nigger on the assembly line."..... Read more

The Detroit Riot of 1967

The Detroit Riot of 1967 began when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after hours drinking club or “blind pig” in a predominantly black neighborhoods located at Twelfth Street and Clairmount Avenue...... Read more