Detroit in the United States

Detroit Riot of 1967 in relation to Crime and Race

Detroit Riot of 1967 is included in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (1), beginning with: The 1967 Detroit riot marked a point in U.S. history at which racial tensions between African Americans and Whites reached deadly proportions. Prior to the 1967 riot, allegations of police brutality, racial tension, and racial discrimination prompted a string of racial riots, including the riots in Rochester and Philadelphia in 1954 and in the Watts residential district of Los Angeles in 1965. The underlying causes of the succession of riots included social, political, and economic factors that led to disparate treatment of African Americans. The Detroit riot began on Sunday, July 23, 1967, in a predominantly African American neighborhood located at 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue. Like the riot on Detroit’s Belle Isle in 1943, the 1967 riot was the result of political unrest, racial unrest, and turmoil. The 1967 Detroit riot lasted for 5 days and resulted in the death of 43 people.

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1. Entry about Detroit Riot of 1967 in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime

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