[Interview of Detroit Tigers baseball star Willie Horton on his attempts to bring calm to Detroit during the July 1967 riots].

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Detroit Tigers baseball star Willie Horton, a Detroit native, recalls his attempts to bring calm to Detroit during the July 1967 riots. Horton says that he went to the scene of the chaos at 12th and Clairmount, still in his Tiger uniform, and describes what actions he took. On the show "Current stat...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: WKAR (Radio station : East Lansing, Mich.) (Broadcaster)
Other Authors: Horton, Willie, 1942- (Interviewee)
Pohl, Scott (Reporter)
Language:English
Subjects:
Horton, Willie, > 1942- > Interviews.
Baseball players > Michigan > Detroit > Interviews.
Riots > Michigan > Detroit.
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:1 audio file (4 min., 40 sec.)
Format: Audio Software
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Detroit Tigers baseball star Willie Horton, a Detroit native, recalls his attempts to bring calm to Detroit during the July 1967 riots. Horton says that he went to the scene of the chaos at 12th and Clairmount, still in his Tiger uniform, and describes what actions he took. On the show "Current state."
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Originally broadcast on WKAR.
Call Number:Voice 40551
Playing Time:00:04:40
Event Details:
Broadcast 2017 July 24