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1967 Detroit Riots
Race Relations in 1960s America In the sweltering summer of 1967, Detroit’s predominantly African American neighborhood of Virginia Park was a simmering cauldron of racial tension. About 60,000 low-income residents were crammed into the neighborhood’s 460 acres, living mostly in small, sub-divided apartments. The Detroit Police Department, which had only about 50 African American officers […]
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