Violence in the Model City : the Cavanagh administration, race relations, and the Detroit Riot of 1967 / Sidney Fine.

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On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police raided a blind pig (after-hours drinking establishment), touching off the most destructive urban riot of the 1960s. It took the U.S. Army, the Michigan National Guard, the Michigan State Police, and the Detroit police department - 17,000 men - more than a week to...

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Main Author: Fine, Sidney, 1920-2009
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English.
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Cavanagh, Jerome P.
Riots > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Violence > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Detroit (Mich.) > Social policy.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
African Americans.
Race relations.
Riots.
Social policy.
Violence.
Michigan > Detroit.
1900-1999
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Genre:
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 648 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Format: Electronic eBook
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On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police raided a blind pig (after-hours drinking establishment), touching off the most destructive urban riot of the 1960s. It took the U.S. Army, the Michigan National Guard, the Michigan State Police, and the Detroit police department - 17,000 men - more than a week to restore order. When all was done, the riot had claimed 43 lives (mostly Black) and resulted in nearly 700 injuries. Over 7,000 individuals were arrested, with property damage estimates over 75 million. Yet, Detroit had been lauded nationally as a ""model city"" in the governance of a la.
Note:Electronic resource.
Call Number:F574.D49 N4394 2007eb
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-621) and index.
ISBN:9781609170295
1609170296
System Details:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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