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The Civil Unrest of 1967
- African Americans
- Detroit (Mich.) -- Riot, 1967
- Detroit (Mich.) Police Dept.
- Detroit (Mich.). Fire Dept.
- Detroit--economic conditions
- Detroit--politics and government
- Detroit--race relations
- Detroit--social conditions
- Michigan. National Guard
- United States. Army. 101st Airborne Division
- United States. Army. 82nd Airborne Division
- Urban Affairs
Despite a century of progressive innovation in Detroit, it is a sad reality that the events of July 23-27, 1967 are among the city’s defining moments. The five-day period of civil unrest and extreme chaos caused physical damage to the city and emotional trauma to its people. Decades later, the aftereffects of the damage and trauma linger on.
The violence was not totally unexpected. Rumors of an uprising had been swirling throughout the city for the better part of the summer. Radicalism was on the rise, and talk of self-determination and separatism read more »
Detroit's Walk to Freedom
- African Americans
- Cavanagh, Jerome P.
- Civil rights
- Demonstrations -- Michigan -- Detroit
- Desegregation
- Detroit--race relations
- Detroit--social conditions
- Diggs, Charles C.
- Discrimination in housing--Michigan
- Edwards, George
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- NAACP
- Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- Swainson, John B. (John Burley), 1925-1994
- Urban Affairs
This Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we recall Detroit's Walk to Freedom, described by Dr. King as “one of the most wonderful things that has happened in America." Dr. King led the march and shed light on the status of African Americans in northern industrial cities. Organized by the Detroit Council on Human Rights (DCHR), the Walk to Freedom was the largest civil rights demonstration in the nation’s history. Its purpose was to speak out against segregation and the brutality that met civil rights activists in the South while at the same time addressing concerns of African Americans in the urban North: inequality in hiring practices, wages, education, and housing. The date of the march, June 23, 1963, was chosen to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1943 Detroit Riots in which 34 people, the majority of them African American, were killed. read more »
Pączki Day
In Metro Detroit everyone is Polish on Pączki Day, celebrated this year on March 5, 2019. A mystery to those who live outside of areas with large Polish populations, pączki (PUNCH-kee) are deep fried pieces of dough, filled with preserves, custards, or other sweet fillings. Since the Middle Ages read more »