Detroit 1967 : origins, impacts, legacies / edited by Joel Stone ; with a foreword by Thomas J. Sugrue.

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"In the summer of 1967, Detroit experienced one of the worst racially charged civil disturbances in United States history. Years of frustration generated by entrenched and institutionalized racism boiled over late on a hot July night. In an event that has been called a 'riot, ' 'rebellion, ' 'uprisi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stone, Joel (Joel Lagrou) (Editor)
Sugrue, Thomas J., 1962- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2017]
Series:Painted turtle book.
Subjects:
Race riots > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Racism > Michigan > Detroit > History.
African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions.
African Americans > Civil rights > Michigan > Detroit > History.
Underground Railroad > Michigan > Detroit > History.
Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations > History.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Race relations.
Race riots.
Racism.
Underground Railroad.
Michigan > Detroit.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 328 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
Variant Title:
Detroit nineteen sixty-seven
Format: Book

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