Fires: The Detroit Fire Department responded to 3,034 calls during the seven days of the riot week. A total of 690 buildings were destroyed or had to be demolished. Two firefighters died and 84 ...

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 ...

The riot in Detroit was the largest in a series of civil disorders that broke out during the "long hot summer" of 1967, when simmering racial tensions and frustration erupted into protests ...

The following Sunday, we'll explore the aftermath of the riot and its long-term effects on Detroit. In May 1967, Jerome Patrick Cavanagh was Detroit’s young, white, vigorous, New Deal Democrat ...

Detroit Burning: Photos From the 12th Street Riot, 1967 Caption from LIFE. "Determined to protect their own property at any cost, both Negro and white store owners brought out weapons and stood ...

In the summer of 1967, Detroit was home to some of the largest riots in American history. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Detroit native Luther Keith about the unrest, and how the city is now.

The 1967 riot movie is aiming to arrive in theaters in 2017, the 50th anniversary of the event. The makers are committed to filming as much as possible in Detroit, the place where it happened.

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In 1967 he was a sergeant with the Detroit Police Department. The day the riot started he was scheduled to be off-duty. Perhaps it was not the best time for a party.

The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city’s bloody July 1967 race riot has received a historic marker.

The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city's bloody 1967 race riot is receiving a historic marker.

Journalists talked about the 1967 riots in cities across the country, the Kerner report, and how those events affected the practice of journalism. In 1967, African Americans rioted in cities ...