The Detroit Riot of 1967

by Hubert G. Locke

Book Overview

Eyewitness account of the civil disorder in Detroit in the summer of 1967.

During the last days of July 1967, Detroit experienced a week of devastating urban collapse--one of the worst civil disorders in twentieth-century America. Forty-three people were killed, over $50 million in property was destroyed, and the city itself was left in a state of panic and confusion, the scars of which are still present today.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814343775
• ISBN13: 9780814343777
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"