The unrest 50 years ago left 43 dead, 1,200 injured and hundreds of buildings burned. Many neighborhoods never recovered.
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It was the most deadly civil uprising of the 20th century. Some things have changed since then, but a lot hasn't.
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In one of the worst riots in US history, some 43 people lost their lives and thousands more were injured or arrested.
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The Detroit Historical Society is asking area residents to share their memories of the 1967 race riots that devastated parts of Detroit.
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A U.S. Army personnel carrier on 12th Street between Taylor and Clairmount Streets in Detroit. The truck is filled with soldiers and one Detroit Police officer who are patrolling an area of the city which was at the center of the 1967 Detroit Riot. Business names that are visible include the Reliable Rug Company, Cancellation Shoes, and Williams Furniture and Appliances.
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The photos in this gallery are not meant to represent "the best" pictures made by LIFE's photographers that year. Instead, in their variety of style and theme, they illustrate the fluid, volatile new world that countless millions were struggling to come to grips with, and to safely navigate, throughout the charged days, weeks and months of that long, strange year of '67.
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The Detroit riot of 1967 put the Motor City on the fast track to economic devastation, racial isolation and civic disaster.
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A new movie examines what happened at the Algiers Motel during the 1967 Detroit riots.
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DETROIT — As soon as I turned right onto 12th Street, her shoulders tensed. She was suddenly uncomfortable. She shifted in her seat. My mother is a tough woman.…
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1967 Detroit Riots.
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The disturbance began with a police raid on a blind pig at 9125 12th St., Street, at the corner of Clairmount, on Detroit’s near west side.
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These photos were taken 50 years ago Monday, on the second day of the Detroit riots of 1967.
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1967 Detroit Riots.
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Understanding Detroit’s 1967 Upheaval 50 Years Later | History | Smithsonian Magazine
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1967 Detroit Riots.
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Explore the history of the 1967 Detroit riots, from the political context that sparked them to the broader consequences of the conflict.
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