Detroit Riot, July 1967
July 22, 2008
Remembering the Detroit Riot of 1967 on Absolute Michigan has a lot of information and videos about what was one of the most profound events in Michigan’s history.
Below are some links to photographs I’ve found – please add more links in the comments. I’m surprised by how few there are for such a major event.
- Detroit Riot of 1967 portfolio at Virtual Motor City (cool site!)
- 40 Years After the Detroit Riots: Could It Happen Again? by photographer Jim Hubbard
- Six Detroit Riot photos at JamD
- 1967 Detroit Riot photos by Phil Cherner (includes a then & now video)
- Detroit 1967 Riots on Flickr (slideshow)
- Photo gallery from the Detroit News archives
- Excellent thread on Exposure.Detroit about the riot with lots of links to other resources.
July 23, 2008 at 6:22 am
There’s a great thread discussing the Detroit Riot at Exposure.Detroit.
Among the links posted is 1967 Riots on atdetroit.net and a 50-plus photo gallery from the Detroit News archives.
November 9, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I was a Eng squad leader from the UP during the riots. We were called up from Camp Grayling as we were there for our regular 2 week summer training. Our Bn. (107 E) ended up in the mid of the riot. We were on foot patrol and truck/jeep over most of riot area. We at no point were told to have unloaded M-1′s etc. There were some snipers and we did return fire once after being shot at by small cal. (.22′s emptys found at one location). Overall no fire by us was done except to return fire as indicated above. Our main duty was to keep people off the streets. Very hot and fires everywhere. Looked like WW11 as we pulled in, State Police were pretty happy to see us. Tom
August 5, 2009 at 12:01 pm
[...] video features the song Black Day in July by Gordon Lightfoot which was banned in the US. Detroit Riot, July 1967 on Michigan in Pictures this morning has this listing of [...]
November 5, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Tom,
I am doing my Senior Seminar paper on the Detroit Riot. Is there any way you could email me and we could talk about it for my paper. It is for my Bachelors degree in history.
Thanks
Tina
March 11, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Ihope you got the information you needed. I live right in the middle of it i can remember like it was yesterday.
March 11, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Thanks! It is wonderful information though if anyone else has experiences they want to share with me please feel free.
Thanks!
Tina
ngubandgeek@gmail.com
February 24, 2012 at 11:58 am
[...] Student Movement (founded in 1965) and the city’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (1966), to the July 1967 riots that took over the city’s streets and much of the nation’s attention, Detroit was a flashpoint [...]
April 21, 2012 at 1:19 pm
I am to make a verbal presentation at school for my African
American Struggles class, can u plz contact my ASAP! Would
like help on structuring my 15 min. presentation. So much is
there to share….
Thanks,
Stephanie